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一 | In one of her first interviews following her trip to Taiwan, which attracted global attention, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a remarkable slip of the tongue by referring to China as "one of the freest societies in the world" on Tuesday.,In an interview with NBC's "Today," Pelosi claimed she supported the "one China" policy, but she also reportedly made an embarrassing error that has amused many people online.,"We still support the 'one China' policy, we go there to acknowledge the status quo is what our policy is, there is nothing disruptive about that. It was only about saying, China is one of the freest societies in the world, don't take it from me, that's from Freedom House, it's a strong democracy, courageous people," said Pelosi.,Obviously, it was not what she had intended to say. However, the cat is out of the bag.,The dramatic shift in sentiment is particularly striking given that the California Democrat earlier in the day lambasted Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "scared bully.",Drew Hammill, Pelosi's deputy chief of staff, took to social media shortly after she made the gaffe to clarify the situation and present her original position. Apparently, she was speaking of Freedom House's "Freedom in the World" report from 2021, which gave Taiwan a "global freedom score" of 94 out of 100. In contrast, the DC-based NGO's website has categorized China and its communist leadership as an "authoritarian regime.","The Speaker is referencing Taiwan. The Speaker’s record of speaking out against the Chinese Communist Party for 35 years in the Congress is unsurpassed," Hammill said.,And while Pelosi herself has said she has no regrets about the trip, China's Foreign Ministry has announced sanctions against the speaker and her immediate family for visiting Taiwan.。 London, Oct 18 (UNI) Former British military pilots are being lured to China with large sums of money to pass on their expertise to the Chinese military, it is claimed.
Up to 30 former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China's People's Liberation Army, BBC reported.
The UK is issuing an intelligence alert to warn former military pilots against working for the Chinese military, the BBC said.
Attempts to headhunt pilots are ongoing and had been ramping up recently, Western officials say.
A spokesperson from the Ministry of Defence said the training and the recruiting of pilots does not breach any current UK law but officials in the UK and other countries are trying to deter the activity, the report said.
"It is a lucrative package that is being offered to people," said one official. "Money is a strong motivator." Some of the packages are thought to be as much as $270,000.
The retired British pilots are being used to help understand the way in which Western planes and pilots operate, information which could be vital in the event of any conflict, such as over Taiwan.
"They are a very attractive body of people to then pass on that knowledge," a Western official said. "It's taking Western pilots of great experience to help develop Chinese military air force tactics and capabilities."
The UK first became aware of a small number of cases of former military pilots being recruited in 2019 which were dealt with on a case-by-case basis, the BBC said.
The Covid-19 pandemic slowed attempts down, when travel to China was almost impossible but the attempts have now increased, leading to this alert.
The pilots have experience on fast jets and helicopters and come from across the military and not just the Royal Air Force. They have flown Typhoons, Jaguars, Harriers and Tornados.
F-35 pilots are not thought to be involved although China is thought to be interested in them. Some of the pilots are in their late 50s and left the military some time ago.
Pilots of other allied nations have also been targeted.
"We are taking decisive steps to stop Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving and former UK Armed Forces pilots to train People's Liberation Army personnel in the People's Republic of China," a Defence Ministry spokesperson said.
"All serving and former personnel are already subject to the Official Secrets Act, and we are reviewing the use of confidentiality contracts and non-disclosure agreements across Defence, while the new National Security Bill will create additional tools to tackle contemporary security challenges - including this one."
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