Spring TWQ is out! In our feature section Caileigh Glenn, Ph.D. on Russian sanction-proofing, Audrye Wong on China's economic statecraft post Ukraine, William J. Norris 魏廉 on how Ukraine + Taiwan differ, & Aaron Arnold on US economic tools

📍Austin, TX 📅 Oct. 18 ⏰ 12:15-3:30 PM CDT In partnership with Asia Policy Program, KEI will co-host a panel on economic security in the Indo-Pacific feat. 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚔, 𝙿𝚑.𝙳., Kazuto Suzuki, Yeo Han-Koo Peterson Institute, Andrea Viski Stimson Center, Audrye Wong, & Stephan Haggard. 🌐 bit.ly/3F4fvRp

“While Beijing’s economic statecraft has altered the strategic calculations for many countries, Chinese influence is not a foregone conclusion.” Audrye Wong on the limits of China's economic coercion and influence. thediplomat.com/2024/03/the-ex…

Please join us for the KU Trade War Lab Speaker Series next Thursday 3/28, 1-2pm CDT, for a talk on "Mobilizing patriotic consumers: China’s new strategy of economic coercion” by Prof. Audrye Wong (USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences) RSVP by 3/27 for paper & zoom link: forms.gle/M6RbrxoePNoGTj…

How to tackle the issue of Chinese hacking attempts on UK parliamentarians and other western targets? Sanctions “won’t make a blind bit of difference” says Alan Woodward With comments from Audrye Wong Jamie MacColl Mei Danowski theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Not all training data are created equal -- how generative AI could end up being "force multipliers" for CCP propaganda Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 voanews.com/a/google-ai-ge…

Come work with me and please spread the word! Looking for a research assistant for exciting projects on China's foreign influence activities, info ops and propaganda, and economic statecraft. This is a full-time position based in DC careers-aei.icims.com/jobs/2276/rese…

Slightly more seriously: this is of course already well known, but it's interesting the NZSIS is stating it so baldly in a public document + naming the PRC

A 2022 puff piece on Linda Sun on her alma mater's website. Nothing irritates me more than CCP agents claiming to represent the Chinese diaspora/Asian Americans. Weaponizing the Chinese diaspora and anti-Asian racism to its advantage is classic CCP tactic. barnard.edu/magazine/sprin…

Glad to see these stories on #China govt threats to #humanrights in democracies where they belong—front page, above fold. But it wasn’t long ago that ⁦The New York Times⁩ & ⁦The Washington Post⁩ carried paid #China state media ads—one of many ways #XiJinping regime emboldened.

We are simultaneously asking Japan to strike a deal with us on semiconductor export controls to address the China tech threat while the Biden administration concludes that it’s an unmitigatable natsec issue for a Japanese company to invest in America. 🤷‍♂️

The indictment of Linda Sun, a former NY state gov't employee contains just the pertinent facts necessary to get to the charges of acting as an unregistered agent of the PRC. But I can't help but think more may come out. 1/n

I think at Tony Stark post here is quite good: breakingbeijing.com/p/all-espionag… An important point is that these issues have be dealt with in the open, using public information where possible. Classification outside of natsec federal gov't is a killer of awareness and action. 5/n

The hell of Beijing's diaspora policies is they put multiethnic democracies in an impossible position: they require robust state responses to protect their citizens. However: large law enforcement actions almost inevitably sweep up innocent people.