Apr 24,2018 Special Forum

New Zealand

In March 2017, during the visit of Premier Li Keqiang to New Zealand, a senior Chinese diplomat favorably compared New Zealand-China relations to the level of closeness China had with Albania in the early 1960s. It was a startling and telling analogy, one which disconcerted New Zealand diplomats. In the Cold War years, Albania was […]

Anne-Marie Brady

BRI , Communist Party of New Zealand , CPC , United Front , Yang Jian

Apr 24,2018 Special Forum

Australia

The primary purposes of China’s influence and interference operations in Australia are to pressure business and government to accede to China’s policy demands in the region, to weaken Australia’s historical alliance commitments, and to secure science and technology assistance in areas of strategic priority to China. These efforts are well documented.1 A parallel purpose, not […]

John Fitzgerald

ABC , Bob Carr , CPC , Sam Dastyari , United Front

Apr 24,2018 Special Forum

Canada

Canada’s economic and strategic interdependence with the United States makes Canada an important priority for the People’s Republic of China in realizing its geopolitical goals. There is increasing concern by Canadian intelligence agencies that Canadian politicians, civil servants, and policy advisers are subject to Chinese political influence. There is also significant evidence that Chinese diaspora […]

Charles Burton

Confucius Institutes , CPC , CSIS Act , Michael Chan , United Front