Results for “Chinese Farm”

…untry’s efforts to influence American politics and society is as extensive and well-funded as China’s. The ambition of Chinese activity in terms of the breadth, depth of investment of financial resources, and intensity requires far greater scrutiny than it has been getting, bec...

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…ent said they encountered difficulties during their visa renewal process and over 25 percent said they had learned that Chinese contacts had been detained and otherwise hounded by Chinese authorities for speaking with them.” China has also moved against Western media outlets on...

…and the United States into a worrisome state of imbalance and antagonism. (Throughout the report, “China” refers to the Chinese Communist Party and the government apparatus of the People’s Republic of China, and not to Chinese society at large or the Chinese people as a whole.) N...

… (a department of the China International Publishing Group) saw its cooperative agreements dwindle. It was then that Chinese officials revived an old tactic that the Communist Party had employed before the revolution—using friendly foreigners and pro-PRC Chinese immigrants to...

…erations—some of which are legitimate, others of which are not. China’s self-declared role as the representative of all Chinese people around the world and its stated position that all Chinese are obliged to help China further complicate its position in Singapore, which is 76 per...

…peech, the Politburo member in charge of that domain gives it. By contrast, the keynote speech at the National Overseas Chinese Conference in 2017 was given by Yang Jiechi, who was at that time a state councilor responsible for foreign affairs. e The Central Foreign Affairs Work...

… “Exporting” Corrupt or Unethical Business Practices China scores poorly on international indices of corruption.*° As Chinese companies expand abroad, it is possible that they could have a deleterious effect simply by exporting suspect business practices. An industry of partic...

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…ot comply. In a similar incident, at the first of a series of tournaments between German third league soccer clubs and Chinese soccer clubs, the Chinese coach demanded that spectators be forbidden from holding up Tibetan flags. The German soccer association’s representative did...

183 Snowden’s trip to Hong Kong in May 2013 made the Chinese intelligence service, willy-nilly, a potential player in game. Hong Kong is a part of China, even if independently administrated, and, as such, China has full responsibility for its national security and foreign affair...

… said that only Xi has the vision, experience, com- petence and character to bring about “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese people”, especially from 2020 to 2035 and ultimately to 2050- bringing China to global centre stage — Xi’s unimpeded leadership is deemed essential. Chi...

…icies on scientific exchange.® Civil Society Media are a key target of China’s influence efforts. New Zealand’s local Chinese- language outlets all have content cooperation agreements with China’s Xinhua News Service, participate in annual media training conferences in China, h...

…operation, as China’s Belt and Road Ini- tiative has seized worldwide attention. Right after this important event, the Chinese government should take advan- tage of the major shifts in the Americas, look across the Pacific and launch a parallel effort: the “Belt and Sea Lane” in...

…risk. � Currencies –– Be long the dollar during the fiscal cliff negotiations. � Commodities –– A further set of better Chinese economic data keeps us long base metals. � Equity markets are taking the Obama victory quite badly, with US stocks down some 4% on Wednesday and Thursda...