Tag: influence

House Committee Hearing on China’s Influence in the Indian Ocean

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on China’s influence in the Indian Ocean at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 18. …


LIVE 2 PM ET: House Committee Hearing on China’s Influence in the Indian Ocean

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on China’s influence in the Indian Ocean at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 18. …


LIVE NOW: House Committee Hearing on China’s Influence in the Indian Ocean

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on China’s influence in the Indian Ocean at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 18. …


Shadow of Colonial Past Hinders France in Limiting Growing Chinese and Russian Influence in Africa

France’s imminent reduction of troop levels in Africa has experts eyeing which major power will supplant Paris’s influence across the continent. The tongues started wagging after French President Emmanuel Macron announced earlier this month that his country harbors no desire to return to past policies of interfering in Africa. During his March 1–4 tour of the…


LIVE NOW: Congressional Commission Holds Hearing on ‘China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities’

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special Congress commission, holds a hearing on China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET on March 23. …


The Corrupting Influence of Chinese Development Aid in Angola: Hudson Institute Discussion

The Chinese Communist Party has strived to penetrate governments all over the world with its unique way of using money and corruption. The first foreign trip of Qin Gang, the newly installed Chinese Foreign Minister, was to Angola and some other African countries, where he offered a package to build high-speed telecommunications infrastructure. The Chinese…


The Ukrainian War Is Destabilizing Central Asia and Expanding Beijing’s Influence

Commentary The war in Ukraine is precipitating far-reaching changes around the world. In addition to the devastation it has wrought on the Ukrainian people and their homeland, it has caused significant increases in the price of energy, food, and fertilizers, among other things, aggravated inflation in the world’s major economies, and roiled Europe’s energy market….


China’s Interference in US Politics

Commentary America’s most powerful China supporters include our top politicians, businesses, and academic institutions. Their interests are reflected by political groups, committees, centers, and think tanks supported by big money donations, investors, tuition, and media with financial links to the regime in Beijing. Their relative silence about the dangers of an expansionist and totalitarian state…


Strange Illusion (1945)

Paul, a young man whose father was once lieutenant governor of California before his untimely death, has a strange, recurring dream in which his mother falls in love with a dangerous man (Brett Curtis)—a dream which also contains the image of his father’s death in an automobile accident under mysterious circumstances. Through the help of…


Meta Dismantles China-Based Covert Influence Operation Ahead of Midterm Elections

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram said on Sept. 27 that it disrupted a Chinese influence operation seeking to interfere in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. Meta Platforms said that it had dismantled the China-based campaign, which targeted users in the United States with political content in an apparent effort to polarize voters. The…