The Chinese Communist Party is increasingly adapting its domestic coercive tactics to influence and interfere in foreign democratic countries. Find ASD’s work on the tools China uses—ranging from the weaponization of its economy to Beijing’s attempts to control global and domestic narratives—to interfere in democracies on this page.
Bret Schafer Talks China’s Coronavirus Social Media Offensive on Newsy
Digital Media and Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer spoke to Newsy about how China is using social media to push thousands of messages intended to undermine the U.S.' handling of the coronavirus pandemic. "There has been an explosion of Chinese di [...]
Bret Schafer on Beijing’s Twitter Offensive in the Coronavirus ‘Info War’ on NBC News
Digital Media and Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer spoke to NBC News about Beijing's Twitter offensive during the coronavirus pandemic. China has launched a Twitter offensive in the coronavirus information war, more than doubling its number of of [...]
Jessica Brandt on Beijing’s Adoption of the Kremlin’s Disinformation Playbook for Brookings
ASD Head of Policy and Research Jessica Brandt and Brookings Non-Resident Fellow Torrey Taussig argue that throughout the coronavirus pandemic, China has carried out a striking disinformation campaign that borrows a few pages from the Kremlin’s play [...]
Jessica Brandt and Bret Schafer Discuss China’s Role in the Coronavirus Infodemic on ‘Democracy Works’
Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt and Digital Media and Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer were interviewed on the "Democracy Works" podcast about China's role in the coronavirus infodemic. As if the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t enough to [...]
Lindsay Gorman Discusses DHS Warning that China is Trying to Steal U.S. Coronavirus Research on Newsy
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security warn that China is targeting U.S. drug companies, universities, and researchers. China denies it. Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman joins Newsy to discuss the implications. In the coronavirus er [...]
Laura Rosenberger and Julie Smith on How China is Using the Coronavirus to Cozy up to Europe in Newsweek
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger and GMF Asia Program Director Julie Smith argue that as the U.S. has abdicated its leadership role during the coronavirus pandemic, China has moved to crown itself the de facto global leader. China has provided assista [...]
Kristine Berzina on China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy in BBC
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke to BBC about China's "wolf warrior" diplomacy during the coronavirus pandemic. China has dispatched an increasingly vocal cadre of diplomats out into the world of social media to take on all comers with, at tim [...]
Matt Schrader Discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s Overseas Political Interference with The Diplomat
The Diplomat’s "Asia Geopolitics" podcast host Ankit Panda speaks to ASD China Analyst Matt Schrader about the Chinese Communist Party’s overseas influence operations and political interference. The discussion covers the tactics favored by the CCP o [...]
Stronger Together: NATO’s Evolving Approach toward China
ASD Program Manager and Fellow Nad'a Kovalcikova and RAND Corporation Policy Analyst Gabrielle Tarini argue that NATO needs to develop a comprehensive political, economic, and security strategy to deal with China’s growing global power in a Women i [...]
Laura Rosenberger on Countering Chinese and Russian Digital Influence Operations with CNAS
Director Laura Rosenberger joined a panel of experts convened by the Center for a New American Security for a webinar discussion entitled "Countering China and Russian Influence Operations." [...]
Nad’a Kovalcikova on China’s Coronavirus Disinformation Efforts in Europe in Het Financieele Dagblad
Program Manager Nad'a Kovalcikova spoke to Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad about China's disinformation efforts in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as reports that an EEAS report on this disinformation was toned down under pre [...]
Laura Rosenberger on China’s Coronavirus Information Offensive in Foreign Affairs
Beijing is using new methods to spin the coronavirus pandemic to its advantage. “As it began to contain the outbreak within its own borders, Beijing launched an assertive external information campaign aimed at sculpting global discussion of its hand [...]