Claire Chu

Watch what happens to Waltz, Wong and Kanapathy over the coming weeks. Further NSC departures would raise serious questions, in Washington, Taipei, Tokyo and Brussels, about the course of US China policy👇🏼

Delighted to have a new article out with @ibkardon.bsky.social in International Security.
China is emerging as a global security provider, including to countries that get security assistance from the US. 1/3

Taiwan reaffirms sailor's citizenship after self-reporting Chinese ID card - Focus Taiwan The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has said the Taiwanese citizenship of a member of the Republic of China (Taiwan's official name) Navy, who voluntarily reported to the military his possession of a C...

Important for the government to emphasize that self-reporting won't lead to punishment

Facebook users are now receiving suggestions to “build social presence” by linking to TikTok. This is a new capability that emerged today (?) as Facebook created a TikTok profile and TikTok ads began appearing on Instagram.

Meta’s involvement appears inevitable.

And it's not just about the individual (PII, financial info, geolocation). Even anonymized data can allow adversaries to establish patterns of life, conduct network analysis, identify vulnerabilities within populations, and extract broader insights for exploitation, influence, and coercion.

What to know about TikTok’s looming US ban TikTok is due to shut down in the US on Sunday, but a reprieve from the White House seems likely.

I spoke with Al Jazeera about the national security implications of foreign adversaries being able to access US personal data -

"'There absolutely is a surveillance component to [Chinese] social media apps. It’s not just censorship,' Chu told Al Jazeera."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...