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Report on CCP influence in US; G-20 and US-China; P2P purge; Shrinking online space

Report on CCP influence in US; G-20 and US-China; P2P purge; Shrinking online space

Bill Bishop
Nov 29, 2018
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The G-20 guessing games should soon be over, but I do have one prediction in which I have very high confidence. At the Trump-Xi dinner in Argentina this weekend the US President will eat steak. Beyond that, I just want it to be over…

A group of "leading China specialists and students of one-party systems" under the auspices of the Hoover Institution and the Center on US-China Relations of the Asia Society has just issued a long report titled Chinese Influence & American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance.

The report is interesting. balanced and timely, though I do not like the title. It is a mistake to talk about “Chinese influence” when the issue is Chinese Communist Party influence and interference operations, as just saying"Chinese" is a dangerous conflation that can spark anti-Chinese sentiment. To paraphrase Confucius, names matter.

The report comes at a time when many Western governments, led by Australia, are waking up to the activities of the CCP inside their countries. …

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