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riety of political systems around the world. Each participant also has an abiding interest in protecting and strengthening democratic institutions in the United States and elsewhere in the world. While different participants took the lead in drafting particular sections of the report, each section was reviewed and c

1999); Robert Sutter, US-Chinese Relations: Perilous Past, Pragmatic Present (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010); Nancy B. Tucker, Strait Talk: United States-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis with China (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009). 2 See website at http://www.china.org.cn/english/features

Relations BILAHARI KAUSIKAN Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore RICHARD MCGREGOR Lowy Institute, Australia EVA PILS King’s College London, United Kingdom VOLKER STANZEL German Council on Foreign Relations The views expressed in this publication are solely those of the participants in

he expansion of Chinese state-owned English-language media in the United States and Beijing’s increasing control of Chinese-language media outlets in the United States are very problematic for an open dialogue. For one, these media are under the Section 6 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020554 96 control of a foreign government

day life or teach American-style English to Chinese listeners. An example would be a program called Cultural Odyssey, a VOA TV series that focused on Americana, such as fried chicken, doughnuts, and national parks. For years, Cultural Odyssey ate up one-third of the Mandarin service’s travel budget. Another

October 11, 2018, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/chinese -power-may-lead-global-academic-censorship-crisis#survey-answer. 13 For example, King’s College London increased its CSC PhD scholarships tenfold “in recent years.” King’s College London, July 12, 2017, accessed October 11, 2018, https://www.kcl.ac.uk/

nges our country faces and greater vigilance in defending our institutions. In helping to convene this Working Group on Chinese influence seeking in the United States (and elsewhere in the world), the intention of the Task Force on US-China relations has been to limit the growing PRC challenge to American instituti

nior Fellow at the Lowy Institute and journalist. Eva Pils is a Professor of Law and Director of Doctoral Studies at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. Volker Stanzel is Vice President of the German Council on Foreign Relations and former German Ambassador to China and Japan. About the Participant