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.
China’s Competition in the Spheres of Ideas and Norms
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/
It’s Xi Jinping’s Party Now, International Forum for Democratic Studies, December 2022
https://www.power3point0.org/2022/12/01/its-xi-jinpings-party-now-what-the-ccps-move-from-collective-to-singular-leadership-might-mean-for-the-world/
China at the UN: Choking Civil Society, Journal of Democracy, July 2021
https://journalofdemocracy.org/articles/china-at-the-un-choking-civil-society/
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/
China’s Message Machine, Journal of Democracy, October 2020
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/chinas-message-machine/
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/
Authoritarianism Goes Global: Countering Democratic Norms, Journal of Democracy, July 2015
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/authoritarianism-goes-global-countering-democratic-norms/
China’s Media Manipulation and Propaganda
“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/
Discourse Power: The CCP’s Strategy to Shape the Global Information Space, International Forum for Democratic Studies, November 2023
https://www.ned.org/testimony-by-christopher-walker-to-the-united-states-house-select-committee-on-strategic-competition-between-the-united-states-and-the-chinese-communist-party-on-discourse-power-the-ccp/
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/
How Beijing Runs the Show in Hollywood, Journal of Democracy, April 2022
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how-beijing-runs-the-show-in-hollywood/
Censorship, Surveillance, and Human Rights, International Forum for Democratic Studies, February 2022
https://www.ned.org/censorship-surveillance-and-human-rights-10-ways-these-trends-intersect-with-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics/
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
China’s Foreign Propaganda Machine, Journal of Democracy, October 2015
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/authoritarianism-goes-global-ii-chinas-foreign-propaganda-machine/
China’s Quest for Technological Dominance
Is Digitalization Endangering Democracy in Mauritius, International Forum for Democratic Studies, December 2022
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Roukaya-Kasenally_Is-Digitalization-Endangering-Democracy-in-Mauritius.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/
The Road to Digital Unfreedom: President Xi’s Surveillance State, Journal of Democracy, January 2019
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-road-to-digital-unfreedom-president-xis-surveillance-state/
Responding to the CCP’s Overarching Challenge to Democracy
China’s Threat to Global Democracy, Journal of Democracy, January 2023
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/chinas-threat-to-global-democracy/
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
Combatting Beijing’s Sharp Power: Transparency Wins in Europe, Journal of Democracy, July 2022
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/combating-beijings-sharp-power-transparency-wins-in-europe/
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/
