No Limits: ‘Totalitarian’ China’s War with the West
Xi Jinping wants to reshape the world order in a way that would please autocrats. He presents China’s authoritarian model as a plausible alternative to the West, notes Roger McShane,… Read more »
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China playing ‘aggressive games’ with democracies
Justin Trudeau has warned that China is “play[ing] aggressive games” to undermine democratic institutions amid reports Beijing actively interfered in Canada’s federal elections. His comments on Monday came after a news… Read more »
Foreign Malign Influence Center would counter autocratic coercion
Putin’s and Xi’s exploitation of the autocrat’s playbook is posing profound challenges for democratic societies across continents, according to a new analysis. Moscow and Beijing have some significant advantages over… Read more »
China’s ‘XiCP’ – from authoritarian to (sometimes) totalitarian
The world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security and human rights after Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in decades, awarded himself another term… Read more »
Rare protest against China’s ‘despotic traitor’ days before CCP Congress
A one-person protest in Beijing (above) has called for elections, an end to the country’s strict “zero covid” policy and the removal of “dictator” Xi Jinping, in a rare display… Read more »
Unfolding ideological war with China demands ‘radical reembrace’ of liberal-democratic principles
To prevail in the unfolding ideological war with China that now stretches before them will require a radical reembrace of liberal-democratic principles by the West’s leaders, says a leading commentator. … Read more »
What explains China’s ‘durable authoritarianism’?
As a lead member of a band of legal activists, Ding Jiaxi, formerly a successful corporate attorney, was practicing a perilous vocation: human rights law in China. Waging a longshot… Read more »
Russia ramping up foreign influence operations
Russia is ramping up its foreign influence operations, according to the U.S. State Department. “The Kremlin and its proxies have transferred these funds in an effort to shape foreign political… Read more »
Are democracies ready for China’s covert offensive?
China’s intelligence agencies are now powerful and well resourced. They are adept at exploiting the vulnerabilities of open societies and growing dependence on China’s economy to collect vast volumes… Read more »
China’s discourse power: Ambitions and reality
It is a misconception that China’s leaders aim to export authoritarianism: it is less interested in regime type than in gaining buy-in for its interests, according to a new analysis…. Read more »