Aussies got some figures. Wonder what the Indian one looks like
Nearly 80 per cent of foreign political donations come from China, data shows | The New Daily | Dec 10 2017
Unlike Russia that holds a country's foreign debt, the China trick here is lobbying. Everybody does that but the Chinese are the most generous.
Only $12.6 mn AUD ?
China lodges official complaint after Malcolm Turnbull’s comments about foreign interference | The New Daily | Dec 09 2017
Cold war mentality ? China became the good guy in the latter half of the cold war
As China gets increasingly involved in the domestic politics of various countries it will eventually be able to successfully influence electoral outcomes in those countries.
in this way democracies can be made more orderly
Have to say there is a little contradiction here. China usually doesn't want to meddle in the politics of other countries because they got enough crap to deal with in their own country. Any country that grants the Dalai lama an audience is going to have to deal with the fallout. The number of world leaders talking to the Dali Lama has dwindled quite a bit in the last few years. So how then can China expect to get away doing this in other countries
The same could be said of Russia as well. Russia, China or India for that matter can always be counted on to oppose the latest unilateral western intervention somewhere in the world.
But there must be something up for a Prof from NZ to publish a paper like this
Magic weapons : Political influence activities under Xi Jinping (pdf) | Wilson Center | Sept 2017
Conference paper presented at the conference on “The corrosion of democracy under China’s global influence,” supported by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, and
hosted in Arlington, Virginia, USA, September 16-17, 2017
Taiwan supported eh ? China's influence operations must have gone disastrously wrong then given Tsai ing Wen won : D
If china can't get it right in a chinese speaking country, what chance do they have in non chinese speaking countries. Its all well and good to be talking about soft power backed up by hard currency. Where are the results ?
Nearly 80 per cent of foreign political donations come from China, data shows | The New Daily | Dec 10 2017
Nearly 80 per cent of the foreign donations made to Australia’s political parties since the year 2000 were linked to China, a study of electoral commission data has revealed.
Chinese donors poured just over $12.6 million into the Australian political process between 2000 and 2016, which represented 79.3 per cent of all foreign donations, according to the analysis by the Melbourne Law School Dollars and Democracy Database.
China lodges official complaint after Malcolm Turnbull’s comments about foreign interference | The New Daily | Dec 09 2017
China’s foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said he was shocked Mr Turnbull cited media reports about Communist Party interference when introducing new anti-espionage laws in Parliament.
Mr Geng said Mr Turnbull’s remarks were prejudiced against China and had poisoned the atmosphere of China-Australia relations.
“We are astounded by the relevant remarks of the Australian leader. Such remarks simply cater to the irresponsible reports by some Australian media that are without principle and full of bias against China,” Mr Geng said at a regularly scheduled briefing.
“It poisons the atmosphere of the China-Australia relationship and undermines the foundation of mutual trust and bilateral cooperation.
“We express strong dissatisfaction with that and have made a serious complaint with the Australian side.
“China strongly urges relevant Australian individuals to discard their Cold War mentality and bias towards China, stop at once publishing wrong remarks that can damage mutual political trust and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Australia.”
Beijing said the reports of Chinese interference in Australia’s democracy were wrong.
Earlier this week China blasted the Australian Government after it unveiled the biggest overhaul of espionage and intelligence laws in decades, amid the growing concerns of international interference.
The Chinese embassy in Canberra released a statement that said Beijing “has no intention to interfere in Australia’s internal affairs or exert influence on its political process through political donations”.
“Some Australian politicians and government officials also made irresponsible remarks to the detriment of political mutual trust between China and Australia,” the statement said.
“We categorically reject these allegations.”
The Chinese embassy in Australia accused Australian media of fabricating stories about the Chinese Government and meddling and vilifying Chinese students and the Chinese community in Australia.
Mr Geng said Mr Turnbull’s remarks were prejudiced against China and had poisoned the atmosphere of China-Australia relations.
“We are astounded by the relevant remarks of the Australian leader. Such remarks simply cater to the irresponsible reports by some Australian media that are without principle and full of bias against China,” Mr Geng said at a regularly scheduled briefing.
“It poisons the atmosphere of the China-Australia relationship and undermines the foundation of mutual trust and bilateral cooperation.
“We express strong dissatisfaction with that and have made a serious complaint with the Australian side.
“China strongly urges relevant Australian individuals to discard their Cold War mentality and bias towards China, stop at once publishing wrong remarks that can damage mutual political trust and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Australia.”
Beijing said the reports of Chinese interference in Australia’s democracy were wrong.
Earlier this week China blasted the Australian Government after it unveiled the biggest overhaul of espionage and intelligence laws in decades, amid the growing concerns of international interference.
The Chinese embassy in Canberra released a statement that said Beijing “has no intention to interfere in Australia’s internal affairs or exert influence on its political process through political donations”.
“Some Australian politicians and government officials also made irresponsible remarks to the detriment of political mutual trust between China and Australia,” the statement said.
“We categorically reject these allegations.”
The Chinese embassy in Australia accused Australian media of fabricating stories about the Chinese Government and meddling and vilifying Chinese students and the Chinese community in Australia.
As China gets increasingly involved in the domestic politics of various countries it will eventually be able to successfully influence electoral outcomes in those countries.
in this way democracies can be made more orderly
Have to say there is a little contradiction here. China usually doesn't want to meddle in the politics of other countries because they got enough crap to deal with in their own country. Any country that grants the Dalai lama an audience is going to have to deal with the fallout. The number of world leaders talking to the Dali Lama has dwindled quite a bit in the last few years. So how then can China expect to get away doing this in other countries
The same could be said of Russia as well. Russia, China or India for that matter can always be counted on to oppose the latest unilateral western intervention somewhere in the world.
But there must be something up for a Prof from NZ to publish a paper like this
Magic weapons : Political influence activities under Xi Jinping (pdf) | Wilson Center | Sept 2017
Conference paper presented at the conference on “The corrosion of democracy under China’s global influence,” supported by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, and
hosted in Arlington, Virginia, USA, September 16-17, 2017
Taiwan supported eh ? China's influence operations must have gone disastrously wrong then given Tsai ing Wen won : D
If china can't get it right in a chinese speaking country, what chance do they have in non chinese speaking countries. Its all well and good to be talking about soft power backed up by hard currency. Where are the results ?
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