A new policy paper based on research undertaken by the MapInfluenCE project reveals the evolving nature of Chinese propaganda, both overt and covert, in Central Europe. Bolstered by collaborative research across the Visegrad nations, ongoing shifts in propaganda strategy are revealed in the paper, with cyberspace becoming the battlefield of choice more and more often.… Continue reading China’s propaganda and disinformation campaigns in Central Europe
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how important the media are – an essential tool for communication between citizens and government in the time of crisis. In the new policy paper, Matej Šimalčík and Ivana Karásková (Association for International Affairs, Prague) analyze tools which can be used to safeguard media from hostile foreign influence. The coronavirus… Continue reading Limited welcome: Protecting the media from hostile foreign influence
Pandémia urýchlila šírenie propagandy. Čína nikdy na Slovensku nebola na vrchole politickej agendy. Záujmom vládnucich sociálno-demokratických politikov, ktorí boli pri moci od roku 2006 do marca 2020 s krátkou prestávkou v rokoch 2010 – 2012, bol maximálne rozvoj obchodných interakcií s Čínou, pričom otázky bezpečnosti a ľudských práv zostali často opomenuté. Ale v roku 2020… Continue reading COVID-19 a meniaca sa taktika čínskej propagandy na Slovensku
China has never been really at the top of the political agenda in Slovakia. The interests of the ruling SMER — Social Democracy party, which was in power from 2006 until March 2020 besides a short interval in 2010–2012, began th development of trade interactions with China, often forgetting about security or human rights issues.… Continue reading COVID-19 and China’s changing propaganda tactics in Slovakia
Conspiracy theories may be paving the way for the Communist Party to duck blame if Covid-19 spikes again in China. Why are Chinese officials now peddling the sort of conspiracy theories that claim Covid-19 is a man-made virus engineered in US military bases and unleashed on to an unwitting China, or even that it originated in Italy… Continue reading Beijing may be readying propaganda for virus ‘second wave’
