China’s Xinjiang work in Turkey
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.
The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee: A new tool in China’s anti-human rights strategy
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 discreet P2B (Party to business) model: Tianjin, a Czech corporation and “economic diplomacy”
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Between tanks and knitting needles
1989 and 2019 in Prague and Beijing.
Remembering June 4
The June 4 massacre as seen from New Zealand, and the new era of political control that followed.