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PM Albanese calls for ‘unimpeded trade’ in China amid rights controversies at home.

Remembering the moderate technocrat in a tumultuous era of U.S.-China relations and rising autocracy.

In most parts of the world, the United Front Work Department is known—if at all—as a secretive Chinese Communist Party organ conducting influence operations abroad. But in Gonghe Village, the local UFWD ponied up nearly one million renminbi in 2022 to purchase “snow sports equipment” for the recreation area, including not just sleds but also items such as safety nets and

Away from the headline grabbing military threats, Beijing’s propaganda department is working to woo hearts and minds.

An examination of corporate records paints a picture of Zhang as a highly connected networker, whose close ties to Beijing should have raised flags long ago

Executive Summary Growing concerns exist in the US and other Western countries that there are systematic efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to undermine their societies. This concern has arisen from the developing observation and analysis of more offensive-based CCP activities outside of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). These offensive activities have become far more apparent during the …

An Iowa police discovery a half-century ago underscores the long arc of Beijing’s efforts to shape politics and society across the Pacific, with Canada as a critical platform

As Israel celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary, it remains the only state in the world that is constantly threatened with extinction by immediate and more remote neighbors. Yet, with a disturbing regularity that has become all-too-familiar over

News Analysis China’s widely reported crackdown on the gaming industry of Macau arises from a mixture of opportunism ...

Erasing memory in China’s Tibet The Chinese Communist Party is employing familiar tactics to assert its rule. When co-opting fails, coerce or silence. A farmer takes part in a ceremony marking the start of spring ploughing at Beicun Village in Ombu Township of Nyima County, Nagqu City, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, April 2020 (Hou Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images) Published 1 Mar 2021 06:00   0 Comments ...