Houston, We Have a Problem – China
The NBA’s apology for the Houston Rockets general manager’s support of Hong Kong’s protesters is part of a broader trend of U.S. corporate submission to China, James Palmer writes for… Read more »
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Hong Kong protests ‘raining on China’s parade’: clash of ideologies gives the lie to 70th anniversary
China’s President Xi Jinping presided over the country’s National Day, marking 70 years of Communist Party rule. The military parade included 15,000 personnel, 160 aircraft, and hundreds of weapons—some new—in… Read more »
China’s authoritarian model poses long-term threat to democracies
China poses a long-term threat to the United States, to liberal democracy and to the international order, John C. Rood, undersecretary of defense for policy, told a policy forum in… Read more »
Fighting Shadows in the Dark: Countering vulnerabilities to disinformation
COUNTRIES AROUND the world are worrying, rightly, about Russian interference in their elections. But there’s another player in the game with a lot of experience, and it isn’t sitting this one… Read more »
Disinformation: Countering malign influence of autocrats – and Big Tech?
The European Union may need “broader rules to make sure that the way companies collect and use data doesn’t harm the fundamental values of our society,” tech czar Margrethe Vestager,… Read more »
‘Harder edge’ to China’s sharp power threatens democracies
China is pushing to build up cultural “soft power” to complement the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $60 billion infrastructure program it has launched as part of the Asian… Read more »
China Model promotes ‘authoritarian modernism’ in East Asia?
Over the past decade, democracy has regressed in much of Asia, though there are notable exceptions including Malaysia and Taiwan. Southeast Asia has witnessed a reversal in Thailand, weakening institutions… Read more »
Hong Kong’s ‘Water Revolution’ spiraling out of control?
Hong Kong activists urged Taiwan on Tuesday to help promote democracy in the Chinese-ruled city amid its worst political crisis in decades and called for a mass rally before the… Read more »
Disinformation catalyzing spread of authoritarianism worldwide
Seeking to find a way to wrest control of the narrative, Beijing has stepped up its efforts to sow discord and disinformation about the months-long Hong Kong protests through some… Read more »
‘How To Hack A Democracy’: Are disruptive populists the new normal?
A group of philanthropies working with Facebook Inc to study the social network’s impact on democracy threatened on Tuesday to quit, saying the company had failed to make data available… Read more »