China’s Global Challenge to Democracy

A Curated List of Material on China’s Global Challenge to Democracy from
the International Forum for Democratic Studies and Journal of Democracy.

How China Exports Secrecy: Beijing’s Global Assault on Transparency and Open Government, Foreign Affairs, July 2023
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/how-china-exports-secrecy

China’s Threat to Global Democracy, Journal of Democracy, December 2022
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/chinas-threat-to-global-democracy/

Commanding Ideas: Think Thanks as Platforms for Authoritarian Influence, International Forum for Democratic Studies, December 2020
https://www.ned.org/sharp-power-and-democratic-resilience-series-commanding-ideas/

Compromising the Knowledge Economy: Authoritarian Challenges to Independent Intellectual Inquiry, International Forum for Democratic Studies, October 2020
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-authoritarian-assault-on-knowledge/

We’re underestimating China’s impact on governance in Latin America: Three persistent myths, International Forum for Democratic Studies, November 2019
https://theglobalamericans.org/2019/11/were-underestimating-chinas-impact-on-governance-in-latin-america-three-persistent-myths/

Stronger Together: Coalitions as a Catalyst for Information Integrity, International Forum for Democratic Studies, November 2024
https://www.ned.org/stronger-together-coalitions-as-a-catalyst-for-information-integrity/

“Telling China’s Story” in Africa: Beijing’s Unfolding Impact on African Media, Power 3.0, December 2023
https://www.power3point0.org/2023/12/19/telling-chinas-story-in-africa-beijings-unfolding-impact-on-african-media/

Lessons on Digital Authoritarianism from a Pro-Beijing Disinformation Network, International Forum for Democratic Studies, July 2022
https://www.power3point0.org/2022/07/07/lessons-on-digital-authoritarianism-from-a-pro-beijing-disinformation-network/

China’s Global Media Footprint, International Forum for Democratic Studies, February 2021
https://www.ned.org/sharp-power-and-democratic-resilience-series-chinas-global-media-footprint/

Media and Beyond: China’s Global Information Ambitions, International Forum for Democratic Studies, May 2017
https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Shanthi%20Kalathil%20May%204th%202017%20USCC%20testimony.pdf

Why TikTok is a Threat to Democracy, Journal of Democracy, October 2022
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/why-tiktok-is-a-threat-to-democracy/

Starting the Debate on Facial Recognition: A Case Study from Belgrade, International Forum for Democratic Studies, June 2022
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Starting-Debate-on-Facial-Recognition-Case-Study-from-Belgrade-Krivokapic.pdf

Double-Edged Sword: China’s Sharp Power Exploitation of Emerging Technologies, International Forum for Democratic Studies, April 2021
https://www.ned.org/sharp-power-democratic-resilience-chinas-exploitation-of-emerging-technologies/

Combatting Beijing’s Sharp Power: How Australia’s Civil Society Led the Way, Journal of Democracy, July 2022
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/combating-beijings-sharp-power-how-australias-civil-society-led-the-way/

Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: Taiwan’s Democracy Under Fire, Journal of Democracy, July 2022
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/860234

China: Totalitarianism’s Long Shadow, Journal of Democracy, April 2021
https://journalofdemocracy.org/articles/china-totalitarianisms-long-shadow/

China’s International Influence on Democracy, International Forum for Democratic Studies, June 2019
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/060519_Walker_Testimony.pdf

Sharp Power: Rising Authoritarian Influence, International Forum for Democratic Studies, December 2017
https://www.ned.org/sharp-power-rising-authoritarian-influence-forum-report/

The Sharp Power Research Portal, International Forum for Democratic Studies
https://sharppower.org/