Sharp power central to China’s ‘superpower plans’
As the U.S. retreats, Beijing is talking more boldly about how it wants to change the global order and assert its own values and interests, according to Elizabeth Economy, the… Read more »
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Time for world to stand up to China’s ‘hegemonic’ sharp power
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen (left) called on the international community to “constrain” China by standing up for freedoms, casting her island’s giant neighbor as a global threat to democracy. Her… Read more »
China’s ‘next ideological front’: democracies need joint strategies to counter Beijing’s sharp power
US Republican senator Marco Rubio has called on Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump to work together to develop joint strategies to counter China’s growing political interference, The Australian reports: Senator… Read more »
China’s ‘sharp power’ obscures ‘cultural genocide’ in Tibet
China’s growing power projection in the fields of media, education, and political values and ideas is sometimes called soft-power. But a study of rising authoritarian influence, released today by the… Read more »
China’s ‘sharp power’ quietly reshaping opinion and policy abroad
Australia’s Prime Minister today attacked Opposition Leader Bill Shorten for visiting a Chinese billionaire’s home to ask for donations, according to reports. Foreign interference in Australian politics has become a… Read more »
Spirit of China’s White Paper protests still inspires
China’s ruling Communist Party appears to have postponed a key political meeting, in a move analysts said suggests that party leader Xi Jinping faces strong currents of dissent from within… Read more »
‘709 crackdown 2.0’: How to combat China’s global assault on transparency, human rights
“709 Crackdown 2.0” Global call against China’s renewed crackdown on human rights lawyers https://t.co/nCqIa7GCKs — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 11, 2023 Civil society and pro-democracy groups are marking China Human… Read more »
China’s ‘neighborhood botch’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has promulgated a new law on foreign affairs to legitimize tough measures that Beijing is taking against the “bullying” of the “hegemonic West,” notes Dr. Willy… Read more »
‘Xivilization’ – China’s authoritarian answer to crisis
China has launched the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) — the last of a trio of Xi Jinping’s ideological frameworks — as being central to “cultivating the garden of world civilization,”… Read more »
Contesting China’s coercive economic tactics
China’s economic coercion has become part and parcel of its foreign policy against many trading partners, according to Victor Cha, Senior Vice President for Asia and Korea Chair at the… Read more »