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ment-—supported entity, as well as from the China Institute of the University of Alberta, Nanjing University, and Wuhan University. The head of ICAS, Hong Nong, retains ties to these institutions. ICAS maintains a small staff of researchers as well as a diverse board of international experts from China, the

egic position,” the goal of which was to “grab back the right to speak, and improve China’s international image.”’ Reports that had first surfaced in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post in 2009, that China had earmarked $7 billion for the campaign, were soon repeated by the Chinese media, most notably in the

l Relations, both of which have links to the Ministry of State Security (MSS), host conferences on US-China relations and/or Track 2 dialogues. So do the Foreign Ministry—affiliated China Institute of International Studies, Chinese People’s Institute for Foreign Affairs, and the China Foreign Affairs University. The C

ploads/system/uploads /attachment_data/file/649774/EM_UK_China_TV.pdf. 17 Tom Phillips, “Mysterious Confession Fuels Fears of Beijing’s Influence on Hong Kong’s Top Newspaper,” Guardian (Uk), July 25, 2016, accessed October 11, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/25 /south-china-morning-post-chin

er,” Guardian (Uk), July 25, 2016, accessed October 11, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/25 /south-china-morning-post-china-influence-hong-kong-newspaper-confession. 18 Bates Gill and Benjamin Schreer, “The Global Dimension of China’s Influence Operations,” Strategist, Australian Strategic P

reaucracy that serves as China’s main interlocutor with foreign governments. But since most of its time is consumed by routine diplomatic activities, the Foreign Ministry itself does not play a significant role in influence operations overseas. The one area where it does is via its Department of Public Diplomacy (1h3e#

of machinations of the imperialists.” —Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, June 2011 “It is hardly likely that the US will admit to manipulating [Hong Kong's] ‘Occupy Central’ movement, just as it will not admit to manip- ulating other anti-China forces. It sees such activities as justified by ‘democracy,’

cember 2014), https://www.icds.ee/fileadmin/media/icds.ee/failid/Juhan_Kivirahk_- Integrating Estonias Russian-Speaking_ Population.pdf. 10. TASS, “Foreign Ministry Says Latvian Ban of Russian TV Channel Violates Freedom of Speech,” Meduza, April 8, 2016, https://medu- za.io/en/news/2016/04/08/foreign-ministry-sa