Fabricating the Facts: Disinformation and AI in Taiwan
READ THE REPORT In short Artificial intelligence is reshaping how disinformation spreads. This report examines how AI intersects with contested information flows in Taiwan, one of the world’s most targeted democracies when it comes to foreign influence and digital manipulation. Drawing on interviews with fact-checkers, policymakers, digital literacy advocates, and analysts, the study explores how […]
Towards a Zimbabwean Lithium Industry
READ THE REPORT By Panashe Madamombe. Supported by the Isaac Alfred Ailion Foundation. The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) signed on 21 March 2018 represents Africa’s industrialization ambitions. To increase intra-African trade, governments are enacting value-addition policies that target their current raw mineral exports which collectively account for 70% of the continent’s global exports. […]
Evaluating Data Security in Chinese Drones and Smart Vehicles
READ THE REPORT By Rogier Creemers and John Lee. Supported by the Dutch China Knowledge Network. This report reviews whether China’s legal frameworks for data governance create or increase risks for Dutch and European companies, individuals, infrastructure and national security, whether the Chinese government can leverage this legislation to affect the confidentiality, integrity and availability […]
China’s Strategy for Global AI Governance
READ THE REPORT By Guangyu Qiao-Franco and Annelotte van Beek. This report equips foreign policymakers with a clearer understanding of China’s artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in this evolving regulatory landscape. When OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022, the impact and practical applications of AI—particularly Large Language Models (LLMs)—became significantly more tangible through its widespread success. More […]
Chinese influence and interference in the Dutch media landscape
READ THE REPORT (English) LEES HET RAPPORT (NEDERLANDS) By Ardi Bouwers and Susanne Kamerling. Supported by the Dutch China Knowledge Network. 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 […]
Reverse Dependency: Making Europe’s Digital Technological Strengths Indispensable to China
READ THE REPORT Contributions from Sanne van der Lugt, Frans-Paul van der Putten, Rogier Creemers and John Lee. 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 […]