Epstein Secrets

reign operations of China Global Television Network, China National Radio and China Radio International.” (It is not clear whether the parallel with the Voice of America was intentional.) Despite all of these efforts, President Xi still appears to be unsatisfied with the Party’s efforts to “grab the right to speak.”

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

ve to Singapore.) International service broadcasters Another roadblock has been China’s efforts to limit the influence of the Mandarin services of the Voice of America and Radio Free Asia. Starting in the first decade of the 2000s, the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, and the leadership of VOA’s Mandarin service b

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#

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

forthright commentary. Near the end of 2016, Congress passed legislation that placed the country’s government-supported interna- tional media outlets—Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), and their sister services focused on Asia and other regions—under more direct presidential control,