News Analysis A new study of China’s global influence operations, produced by the French military, is taking France by storm. Le Monde, Le Parisiene, Le Figaro, L’Express, Libération, the country’s Senate, and others have all covered the 641-page report, most positively and many breathlessly. Breathless is the right reaction to newly-discovering the depths of China’s…
Beijing’s New Propaganda War: French Military Report Tells All
China Seeks UN Crackdown on Internet Freedom
News Analysis Democracies are failing to oppose Beijing’s unprecedented plan to restrict the world’s internet freedom. Beijing’s proposal to re-write internet rules and re-engineer its plumbing, supposedly to achieve security at 6G speeds, might lead to more censorship by dictatorships, the BBC told lawmakers in Britain. “China is currently promoting a new method of managing…
CCP Propaganda Focused on Overseas Chinese: Part 2
News Analysis The Chinese regime does not recognize dual-citizenship, claiming full sovereignty over anyone holding a Chinese passport. At the same time, much of the rhetoric of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its leader Xi Jinping is about Chinese blood and the blood of the ancestors, which translates to the CCP believing that it controls…
China’s Gestapo-like Office Sought to ‘Eradicate’ Spiritual Group Worldwide, Report Says
For nearly two decades, a secretive agency has worked in the shadows to carry out orders from the top leadership of the Chinese Communist Party: to “eradicate” a group of spiritual believers deemed as a threat to the atheist regime. Known as the “610 Office,” the group was set up in 1999 as an “extra-legal”…
‘Covert, Corrupt, and Coercive’: Report Details Beijing’s Bid to Establish New Global Media Order
The Chinese regime has been deploying “covert, corrupt and coercive” means to weaponize Chinese-language and Western media in a campaign to impose its vision of current affairs on the rest of the world, a recent French military think tank report finds. Beijing’s efforts to export its narratives have lasted for decades. The first Chinese Communist Party-controlled…
China’s Global Influence War: French Military Exposé
News Analysis Beijing’s global influence operations, including election interference, has been revealed by a new French military study. A new study of China’s global influence operations by France’s Ministry of Armed Forces demonstrates that Beijing is making a Machiavellian turn toward seeking to inspire fear in the world, rather than solicit its amour. In Beijing’s…
CCP Propaganda Focused on Overseas Chinese
News Analysis In a recent report on the China threat, the French Military School Strategic Research Institute (IRSEM) identified the Chinese regime’s three-pronged attack consisting of psychological warfare, public opinion warfare, and legal warfare. The attack is all part of a massive propaganda campaign focused on overseas Chinese. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims ownership…
Beijing Grooms Telecom Giant Huawei to Expand China’s Global Influence: Report
A newly released French report provides a comprehensive summary on Chinese telecom conglomerate Huawei’s role in the global influence operations by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The 650-page report was published by the French Military School Strategic Research Institute (known by its French acronym IRSEM), an independent agency affiliated with the French Ministry of Armed…
Beijing Groomed Telecom Giant Huawei to Expand China’s Global Influence: Report
A newly released French report provides a comprehensive summary on Chinese telecom conglomerate Huawei’s role in the global influence operations by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The 650-page report was published by the French Military School Strategic Research Institute (known by its French acronym IRSEM), an independent agency affiliated with the French Ministry of Armed…
Australian Chinese Media Self-Censoring Due to Fears of Reprisal From Beijing: Report
Chinese-language media groups in Australia actively self-censor over fears staff, and family members could face reprisals from Beijing. “Our staff members in China and Australia come from mainland China; their families are all in China,” one media proprietor told the Sydney-based Lowy Institute. “This is despite the fact that some of them obtain Australian citizenships…
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