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July 2019

A discreet P2B (Party to business) model: Tianjin, a Czech corporation and “economic diplomacy”

31.7.2019 Filip Jirouš

A recent high-level CCP visit shows the enduring importance of the links between Tianjin party politics and Czech big business in the country’s relationship with China. Once again, the visit was kept secret.

Recent PRC influence operations to counter public demands for a more effective response to the Chinese régime’s political interference in Canada

31.7.2019 Charles Burton

Policy brief presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Bilateral dialogue with the PRC at both ends: Czech-Chinese “friendship” extends to social credit

28.7.2019 Olga Lomová, Jichang Lulu, Martin Hála

A secretive meeting between Czech and Chinese officials illustrates the links between the CCP’s Soviet-inspired system of “friendship” associations and the Czech business and political élite. A topic of the talks: “building the social credit system”.

CCP and proxy disinformation: Means, practices, and impact on democracies

26.7.2019 Ketty W. Chen, J. Michael Cole

Policy brief presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The Central United Front Work Leading Small Group: Institutionalising united front work

23.7.2019 Alex Joske

Paper presented at the workshop “Mapping China’s footprint in the world II”, organised by Sinopsis and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

A storm in a teapot: CEFC, United Frontlings, the New Comintern and a Tiananmen anniversary gift

20.7.2019 Jichang Lulu, Filip Jirouš

Hasty arrangements to donate two teapots to the Czech National Museum before the Tiananmen anniversary illustrate the CCP’s low-key cooptation of European politics and officialdom.

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