Category: influence operations

Chinese Influence Operations Increasingly Include Meddling in US Elections: Author

While the Russian meddling in U.S. elections has been discussed the most in the past few years, it is the Chinese communists who are increasingly joining the league, said author Joshua Kurlantzick. “By spreading disinformation on social media platforms, all the major U.S. social media platforms caught … what they believe to be Chinese efforts…


Loopholes Must Be Shut to Stop Foreign Money Influencing UK Politics: Watchdog

The UK must close loopholes in its political donations rules in order to block foreign influence in British politics, an election watchdog has said. John Pullinger, the chairman of the Electoral Commission, the UK’s independent elections agency, said there are not enough safeguards in place for the British public to have confidence that “unlawful” foreign…


Communist China’s Calculated Lies and Calculated Buys

Commentary China knows how to curry below-the-radar favor with international political figures, bureaucrats, and opinion leaders, then, when a problem develops threatening Chinese Communist Party interests, use covert influence to stifle criticism or delay a response. The most pernicious example of Chinese covert influence in action is the World Health Organization’s failure in January and…