Huawei’s Christmas battle for Central Europe
A public warning by the Czech cyber watchdog is met with some heavy-handed PRC diplomacy.
2018
The CCP’s model of social control goes global
And an academic disclosing the mechanism gets caught in its crosshairs.
Open letter on harassment campaign against Anne-Marie Brady
In New Zealand, Anne-Marie Brady, an academic who investigated the CCP’s influence in local politics has become the target of a series of incidents which, taken together with attacks from Party-directed media, are consistent with an intimidation campaign.
Georgia’s China Dream: CEFC’s last stand in the Caucasus
Much like in the Czech Republic, CEFC in Georgia touted investments that never came, and coopted local political elites – with the help of some colorful characters.
Calling the deer a horse: The CCP’s ham-fisted drive to control discourse in Sweden
Interview with Magnus Fiskesjö, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University and former Director of the Stockholm Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities.
Xinjiang specialist Darren Byler for Sinopsis: A project far more extreme than the Stanford Prison Experiment
“Terror capitalism” and digital dictatorship are attempting to eliminate a whole culture before our eyes.
New Zealand: United Frontlings bearing gifts
Repurposing the parliamentary system through party donations.
China’s Decimation of Uyghur Minds
Xi Jinping’s China considers Uyghur minds as its enemy and has resolved to forcefully indoctrinate them with official values and beliefs.
Confined discourse management and the PRC’s localised interactions in the Nordics
In decentralised administrations, projects can succeed at the local level by flying under the radar of national debates.
Chinese FDI in Poland: Still just wishful thinking
Unrealistic expectations, over-reliance on state-to-state relations and a shortage of local hi-tech and global brands contribute to low Chinese investment. Manufacturing and services could offer some reprieve.