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.
Lindsay Gorman on the Geopolitics of 5G in the Atlantic
The transition to 5G in 2020 may mark the point when Beijing's interests diverge irreconcilably from those of the United States, European Union, and their democratic peers, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman argues in The Atlantic. [...]
Matt Schrader on Chinese Interference on Deutsche Welle
China Analyst Matt Schrader discusses China's influence campaigns and the potential for Chinese interference in the 2020 United States elections on Deutsche Welle. [...]
Matt Schrader on TikTok’s Role in China’s Information War in Nikkei Asian Review
Because of its parent company's relationship with the Chinese Communist Party, TikTok has the potential to be a powerful tool for the CCP to censor information and manipulate discourse outside China, China Analyst Matt Schrader argues in Nikkei Asia [...]
Laura Rosenberger and Zack Cooper on Chinese Info Operations in the Washington Post
In their first joint op-ed, ASD Co-Directors Laura Rosenberger and Zack Cooper write that Western tech companies’ confirmation of Chinese government efforts to manipulate the information space outside its Great Firewall should serve as a wake-up cal [...]
Hamilton 2.0 Methodology & FAQs
How to Interpret Hamilton 2.0 Hamilton 2.0 displays outputs from sources that we can directly attribute to the Russian, Chinese, or Iranian governments or their various news and information channels. These channels and accounts often engage with t [...]
Etienne Soula on Fighting for Democracy in a Techno-Authoritarian State in Protego Press
Research Assistant Etienne Soula discusses the PRC and Hong Kong governments’ use of high tech surveillance tools to counter the outbreak of pro-democracy protests in the increasingly-besieged city-state. [...]
Jessica Brandt on China Social Media Takedowns in Axios
ASD Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt gives Axios readers a rundown on the latest Facebook, Twitter, and Google takedowns of accounts associated with coordinated inauthentic behavior on the part of the PRC government. [...]
Matt Schrader Interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Twitter and Facebook’s China Takedowns
ASD China Analyst Matt Schrader joined ABC’s David Sparks to discuss Twitter and Facebook’s takedown of a Chinese state-backed disinformation campaign targeting the Hong Kong protest movement. [...]
Will Greece’s New Government Resist Authoritarian Influence or Court It?
On July 7, Greeks voted in national elections to replace Alexis Tsipras and his ruling left-wing Syriza party with Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ right-wing New Democracy. Mitsotakis’ party platform promises to re-energize the Greek economy and attract new in [...]
Matt Schrader on Racial Profiling and Countering PRC Influence in War on the Rocks
ASD China Analyst Matt Schrader and War on the Rocks' Peter Mattis discuss how the U.S. Government must avoid racial profiling and alienating the Chinese diaspora in its moves to counter PRC interference. [...]
In Addressing PRC Interference, South Korea Plays Delicate Geopolitical Game
“No.” This was the one-word answer by a senior South Korean official, when asked directly if Beijing’s political interference was a threat to South Korean democracy. In multiple discussions held last week in Seoul, South Korean officials either disc [...]
Italy’s Risky Realignment
Every Italian learns about Marco Polo, a young merchant who left his native Venice in 1271, travelled to China, and returned home twenty-four years later with riches and treasure. Today, Italy’s government is betting that moving closer to Beijing wi [...]