Chinese influence and interference in the Dutch media landscape
English: China is the most advanced player in transnational repression worldwide and is increasingly active in transnational information suppression. This also has consequences for the media landscape, human rights activists, diaspora groups and Chinese students in the Netherlands. Media organisations in the Netherlands are insufficiently prepared for subtle tactics such as psychological intimidation. These are […]
Reverse Dependency: Making Europe’s Digital Technological Strengths Indispensable to China
A report of: Digital Power China: A European research consortium This report uses 12 case studies to analyse reverse dependencies of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the European Union and the United Kingdom. In adapting to growing geopolitical competition over digital technology, the EU and the UK are striving for economic security and […]
Dealing with Decoupling from China: Business Strategies in a Changing World
This report discusses the findings of a research project of the Leiden Asia Centre in the Netherlands and the East Asian Institute in Singapore on the extent and impact of economic decoupling from China. It focuses on how companies can maintain a productive and advantageous relationship with China without excessive dependence on and vulnerability to domestic […]
Towards a UN-Centric Cybercrime Treaty
Since 2021, an international convention on tackling cybercrime is being negotiated at the UN. As positions of states for the UN Cybercrime Treaty vary, this report focuses on China’s role at the negotiations. While there is a long list of issues at stake at the current AHC negotiations, this report focuses on Chinese positions on […]
The Chinese Police Organization at Home and Abroad
Efforts of Chinese police to build connections in foreign countries have been growing for decades, but the issue reached peak salience in the Netherlands in 2022 when local news media reported that Chinese “police service stations” were operating on Dutch soil. That fall, news organizations around the world were pursuing stories that highlighted the findings […]
Undercurrents: essays below the surface of China’s geopolitics
The tide of great power strife is rising once again. When tensions between rivals increase, the need to understand each other becomes greater. Where newspapers write about geopolitical considerations, Undercurrents dives deeper below the surface. It argues that we need to persist in our attempt to comprehend what is obscured and asks: what undercurrents are […]