2025 Issue 39

A report from the Berlin-based think tank, MERICS details the Chinese Communist Party’s effort to control and dominate all aspects of the lives of Chinese citizens.

In the New York Times, Li Yuan describes how the PRC’s tightening of control and threats silenced dissent and honest reporting in Chinese media, providing a cautionary tale for Americans subjected to threats from the Trump Administration.

In its ongoing effort to shift global discourse to favor the Chinese Communist Party, PRC government advisors are offering up new formulations on a China-centric knowledge system to replace ideas from the West.

Sharinee Jagtiani, from the German Marshall Fund, released a report on how the German technology stack is vulnerable to PRC manipulation. 

Super Typhoon Ragasa slammed into the coast of southern China and hammered Hong Kong after causing death and destruction across the Philippines and southern Taiwan.