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1 online resource (39 pages) : illustrations. |
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Staff research report / U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission |
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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission staff research report.
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"August 24, 2018"--Cover |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- Background and role of United Front Work Department. Resurgence of the united front under President Xi. Seeking to control the narrative. Focus on influencing overseas Chinese. -- Other organizations involved in united front work. The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. China Association for International Friendly Contact. Chinese Students and Scholars Associations. Confucius Institutes. -- United front activities in the United States and other target countries. Funding of U.S. academic and policy discourse. Political interference in Australia and New Zealand. Political warfare in Taiwan. -- Implications for the United States. -- Appendix. |
| Summary |
China uses what it calls "United Front" work to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP's United Front Work Department (UFWD)-- the agency responsible for coordinating these kinds of influence operations--mostly focuses on the management of potential opposition groups inside China, but it also has an important foreign influence mission. To carry out its influence activities abroad, the UFWD directs "overseas Chinese work," which seeks to co-opt ethnic Chinese individuals and communities living outside China, while a number of other key affiliated organizations guided by China's broader United Front strategy conduct influence operations targeting foreign actors and states. Some of these entities have clear connections to the CCP's United Front strategy, while others' linkage is less explicit. Organizations such as Chinese Students and Scholars Associations are less directly tied to the main United Front-related organizational structure, but many of their activities and acceptance of oversight from the CCP shows some level of guidance from the United Front strategy. Today, United Front-related organizations are playing an increasingly important role in China's broader foreign policy under Chinese President and General Secretary of the CCP Xi Jinping. It is precisely the nature of United Front work to seek influence through connections that are difficult to publically prove and to gain influence that is interwoven with sensitive issues such as ethnic, political, and national identity, making those who seek to identify the negative effects of such influence vulnerable to accusations of prejudice. Because of the complexities of this issue, it is crucial for the U.S. government to better understand Beijing's United Front strategy, its goals, and the actors responsible for achieving them if it is to formulate an effective and comprehensive response. This staff report provides an overview of the United Front, its history and ideology, the structure and operations of the UFWD and other organizations carrying out United Front work, and the implications of this activity for the United States |
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Online resource; title from PDF cover page (USCC, viewed September 18, 2018). |
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China -- Foreign relations.
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Foreign agents.
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Chinese -- Political aspects -- Foreign countries.
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Foreign agents. (OCoLC)fst00931753
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, issuing body.
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| Gpo Item No. |
1089-A-11 (online) |
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Y 3.2:C 44/OV 2 |
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