[The Epoch Times, 9 dicembre 2022](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Wu Minzhou, Taipei, Taiwan)Taiwan Democracy WorkshopAn international conference was recently held in Berlin which attracted more than 250 experts from all over the world who study China’s influence. According to the “China Influence Index” released by the Taiwan Democracy Lab covering 82 countries and regions, TaiwanaverageAndsocietyfield, the degree of influence of the CCP ranks first.
Taiwan Democracy WorkshopIn 2019, the “China in the World” (CITW) project was launched, connecting hundreds of researchers and stakeholders in various fields to discuss the CCP’s influence and information warfare activities in various countries and regions, and released the “China Influence Index” (China Index).
The Taiwan Democracy Lab recently held a three-day international conference with the German Marshall Fund in Berlin, Germany, attended by NGO workers and officials from Europe, the United States, Africa, Central Asia, New Zealand and Australia. how the CCP expands its influence through propaganda and funds, and shares identification and response strategies.
According to the China Influence Index released by the Taiwan Democracy Lab, overall considering academia, domestic politics, economy, foreign policy, law enforcement, media, military,societyInfluence in 9 major fields, including technology, science and technology, with a total of 99 indicators.
Covering the overall ranking of 82 countries and regions, the top 30 in the “China Influence Index” are Pakistan, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Peru and South Africa ranked fifth, followed by the Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Malaysia and Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Egypt, Tanzania, Germany, Ghana, United States, Kenya, Panama, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Mexico, Georgia, Chile.
Taiwan ranks 11th in the world at large, but ranks first in the “China Influence Index” in the two major areas of media and society, surpassing other 81 countries and regions.
In terms of regions, Southeast Asia has the highest ‘China Influence Index’ followed closely by Central Asia. However, in the regional classification of “East Asia and Southeast Asia” which includes Taiwan, the “China Influence Index” of South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan is lower than that of Taiwan.
It is worth noting that the “China Influence Index” ranking in Europe is Germany, the United Kingdom, Georgia, Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Ukraine, Armenia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Belarus. , Austria , Moldova, Poland, Estonia, Netherlands, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Montenegro, Latvia, Albania, North Macedonia.
The Taiwan Democracy Lab said that the research results of the “China Influence Index” show that the CCP’s operation of various relationship networks is more effective in promoting the “Friendship with China” policy of target countries and regions than the coercion.
It is worth noting that when the gross domestic product (GDP) and per capita GDP of a specific country and region are higher and the level of corruption is lower, the CCP is more inclined to exert influence by lobbying. That is to say, when the efficiency of the bribery and bribery network is low, the CCP tends to use coercion and other high-pressure methods.
President of the Taiwan Democracy LabShen BoyangHe said that although there is a lot of internal unrest in Taiwan, they are all racing against time and trying to find ways to work together with international organizations, think tanks, human rights defenders and policy makers to resist the expansion of the “cutting power ” of the CCP “.
He said that this time in Berlin, although it was a closed-door meeting, there were 250 Chinese researchers and activists from around the world to discuss the next step and hold 45 forums. Discuss division of labor and cooperation, “because the democratic camp can’t really win this battle with just one country or one organization.”
Shen BoyangHe pointed out that although it was not the first time he had heard the Uyghur survivors share, he was really angry and frustrated after hearing them, but they also clearly knew that to fight the CCP, “we no longer have the capital out of concern.”
Responsible editor: Chen Zhen#
