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Poor tradecraft gives away fake social media accounts promoting China’s interests in the Indo-Pacific online space. A rise in tensions between China and the Philippines has been hitting the news in recent weeks and months, caused by an increase in alleged aggression by Chinese vessels in the South China Sea… Read More »Social Media in the Philippines: Are pro-China trolls influencing the political narrative?

Claims that China’s entire economy is on the brink of collapse are widespread in Western media, whereas Chinese propaganda outlets insist that their economy has successfully bounced back post-COVID. What’s really going on? To find out, we conducted some research into how serious the problems facing China’s economy really are,… Read More »Lifting the lid on China’s Shadow Banks

Introduction The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Airborne Corps (中国人民解放军空降兵军) received its new name in April 2017, and delegations from the Corps performed well at the Airborne Platoon event in the International Army Games in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, Chinese paratroops (and heavy equipment) made their inaugural jump… Read More »Behind enemy lines? China’s Airborne Forces