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Winning Hearts and Minds through Propaganda and Disinformation
In an episode of BBC Sounds as part of her series “China and the World,” Isabel Hilton gives an in-depth look at the the Chinese government’s influence campaigns overseas, in particular programs under...
View ArticleChina’s Challenges to Independent Intellectual Inquiry, at Home and Abroad
A recent National Endowment for Democracy report by the Hoover Institute’s Glenn Tiffert, titled “Compromising the Knowledge Economy: Authoritarian Challenges to Independent Intellectual Inquiry,”...
View ArticleReport: How and Why Hollywood Self-censors for China
China’s cinemas have begun to recover from an 88%, 30 billion-yuan ticket sales crash triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, reopening began in low-risk areas with mandatory masks and...
View ArticleForeign Ministry Spokespeople Atwitter Over American Social Media Bans
A new investigation by China Media Project revealed how Twitter’s decision to label certain Chinese accounts as “state-affiliated” throttled their reach, curbing China’s “borrowed boat” propaganda...
View ArticleChinese Global Media Influence Faces Pushback, in the U.K. and Elsewhere
A new report from the National Endowment for Democracy’s Sharp Power and Democratic Resilience series, written by Freedom House’s Sarah Cook, looks at the Chinese government’s media influence globally....
View ArticleLinkedIn Censors Tiananmen Content, Again
When Microsoft’s LinkedIn launched a simplified Chinese webpage for Chinese users in 2014, it admitted it would follow Beijing’s censorship directives. It did so with a gusto that surprised even those...
View ArticleLinkedIn Censors More Journalist Profiles in China, Suggests Self-Censorship...
Using methods that include censoring posts, hiding or deleting profiles and proposing that users practice self-censorship, LinkedIn continues to cleanse its Chinese platform for the benefit of the CCP....
View ArticleCaught in Crossfire, LinkedIn to Cut Back China Presence
American networking site LinkedIn will cease its current service in China after “facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China.” In lieu of...
View ArticleChinese Feminists and Global Tennis Stars Ask, “Where Is Peng Shuai?”
On November 2, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Her Weibo essay detailing their relationship was quickly censored, as...
View ArticleInterview: Maria Repnikova on Chinese Soft Power
China’s soft power initiatives are often derided by Western observers as ineffective or counterproductive. Over a hundred Confucius Institutes in the U.S. and Europe have been targeted as arms of the...
View ArticleOlympic Athletes To Be Seen, Not Heard, Warns Beijing Organizing Committee
Olympians may face punishment for speech crimes if they criticize China while competing in Beijing, a member of the Beijing Organizing Committee warned in a press conference Tuesday. Prior to the 2020...
View ArticleCultivating “Palace Diplomacy” and Local Media, China Donates New...
China will soon hand over a newly constructed $140-million-dollar parliamentary building to Zimbabwe. Built by contractor Shanghai Construction Group Company and funded by the Chinese government, the...
View ArticleChinese Censors Fillet “Minions,” Shrink “Big Bang Theory”
Discontented with the ending of “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” during which the titular supervillain Gru and his partner-in-crime Wild Knuckles escape arrest alongside three yellow bean-shaped minions,...
View ArticleInterview: Josh Chin on China’s Surveillance State
The CCP has become synonymous with surveillance. On an increasingly authoritarian trajectory, Xi Jinping has bet his and the Party’s longevity on its ability to not only neutralize challenges to...
View ArticleReport Outlines Mechanisms of China’s Censorship Apparatus
This week, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) released a report titled “Censorship Practices of the People’s Republic of China.” The report outlines the nature and reach of...
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