Tracking the CCP's Efforts to Undermine Democracy featuring Etienne Soula

Olivia Enos interviews Joshua Meservey on The Heritage Foundation's upcoming China in Africa database. Josh is a Senior Policy Analyst at Heritage and is an expert on Africa policy. Josh and Justin Rhee manage the China in Africa database. The database will be publicly available by the end of 2022. Click here to read Josh's report on government buildings in Africa likely being vectors for Chinese spying.Check out The Heritage Foundation's annual China Transparency Report, highlighting the work of experts all across the world who are dedicated to helping us better understand the aims and activities of the CCP, as well as the China Transparency Project website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Enos interviews Etienne Soula on the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD)'s Authoritarian Interference Tracker. Etienne is a research analyst with the ASD and spearheaded the expansion of the tracker to cover over 150 incidents of Chinese interference in Europe and North America. Check out the following reports mentioned in the episode:German Election DashboardHamilton DashboardCheck out The Heritage Foundation's annual China Transparency Report, highlighting the work of experts all across the world who are dedicated to helping us better understand the aims and activities of the CCP, as well as the China Transparency Project website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Enos interviews Nargiza Salidjanova on the Rhodium Group's China Pathfinder project. Nargiza is Director of Rhodium Group's China Projects team. Check out the following reports mentioned in the episode:Avoiding the Blind Alley: China's Economic Overhaul and Its Global ImplicationsChina DashboardCredit and Credibility: Risks to China's Economic Resilience(New) China Pathfinder: Q3 2021 UpdateCheck out The Heritage Foundation's annual China Transparency Report, highlighting the work of experts all across the world who are dedicated to helping us better understand the aims and activities of the CCP, as well as the China Transparency Project website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Enos interviews Victor Shih, Ph.D., on the UCSD 21st Century China Center China Data Lab's CCP Elites portal. Dr. Shih is an Associate Professor of Political Economy and the Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at the UC San Diego. Click here to view more of the China Data Lab's research and projects.Click here to read Heritage Visiting Fellow Michael Cunningham's commentary on China's new rules that aim to strengthen the government’s ideological oversight of the entertainment sector. Keep an eye out for Michael's commentary on the CCP's 6th Plenum!Check out The Heritage Foundation's annual China Transparency Report, highlighting the work of experts all across the world who are dedicated to helping us better understand the aims and activities of the CCP, as well as the China Transparency Project website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Enos interviews Siemon Wezeman on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)'s Arms Transfers database and the increase in China's arms exports. Siemon Wezeman is a Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme. Click here to read the publications by the SIPRI Arms Transfer Programme.Check out The Heritage Foundation's annual China Transparency Report, highlighting the work of experts all across the world who are dedicated to helping us better understand the aims and activities of the CCP, as well as the China Transparency Project website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Enos interviews Fergus Ryan on the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)'s Mapping China's Tech Giants project and the current impact of COVID-19 on China's tech policy and overseas expansion. Fergus Ryan is a Senior Analyst with ASPI's International Cyber Policy Centre. Click here to read ASPI's Reigning In China's Technology Giants report and here to read the Supply Chains & the Global Data Collection Ecosystem report. Check out The Heritage Foundation's annual China Transparency Report, highlighting the work of experts all across the world who are dedicated to helping us better understand the aims and activities of the CCP, as well as the China Transparency Project website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Enos interviews Jessica Batke on ChinaFile's China NGO Project and the current landscape for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in China. Jessica Batke is a Senior Editor at ChinaFile.Check out The Heritage Foundation's annual China Transparency Report, highlighting the work of experts all across the world who are dedicated to helping us better understand the aims and activities of the CCP, as well as the China Transparency Project website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Season 2 of China Uncovered, a podcast devoted to revealing all that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to conceal. Since you last joined us, the CCP has continued, largely unabated, in its attempts mask the extent and nature of its challenge to American interests and the values we share with the free world. But civil society hasn’t skipped a beat. In June 2021, The Heritage Foundation released the China Transparency Report highlighting the work of experts all across the world who are dedicated to helping us better understand the aims and activities of the CCP. This season, you will hear from some of these experts as they share their findings and help us to more effectively counter the CCP’s lack of transparency.Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app to receive a new episode every other Monday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Enos and Heritage Senior Policy Analyst Riley Walters interview Hervé Lemahieu on the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index and China's relative power in the Indo-Pacific region. Hervé Lemahieu is the Director of the Power and Diplomacy Program at the Lowy Institute. The Lowy Asia Power Index can be found here.To wrap up the end of an extraordinary season, we are also joined by the Honorable Newt Gingrich with some special remarks highlighting the importance of transparency vis-à-vis the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Speaker Gingrich has recently launched a newsletter on China! To subscribe, click here.The Heritage China Transparency Project has recently launched a website. Check it out to discover world-class data tracking projects from organizations across the globe on the activities of the CCP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olivia Enos and Heritage Senior Research Fellow Dean Cheng interview Gregory Poling on the maritime disputes and artificial islands in the South China Sea. Gregory Poling is a Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia and Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. The AMTI and Mr. Poling's research can be found here.The Heritage China Transparency Project has recently launched a website! Check it out to discover world-class data tracking projects from organizations across the globe on the activities of the Chinese Communist Party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.