My latest @asia.nikkei.com documents a direct PRC #InfluenceOperations pipeline penetrating Japan's information space via news aggregators & regional TV broadcasters. 📍Xinhua (CN) → Xinhua (JPN) → Docomo / AU + Chiba TV → Japanese audience ⚡️Threads x 7 asia.nikkei.com/opinion/chin...

My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on PRC #CognitiveWarfare targeting Japan’s Security Normalization & Constitutional Amendment 📍Cross-Domain Ops > Cognitive Warfare at heart 📍Full dissemination chain – PRC IOs > news aggregators > Japan's information space jamestown.org/cognitive-wa...

My latest at Crossing – How the #LinChiLing controversy reveals a deeper strategic gap in #Taiwan's cultural #CognitiveWarfare The cognitive battlefield Taiwan hasn't figured out yet – how its own artists could be reverse-weaponized against PRC's #UnitedFrontWork in pop culture

Sze-Fung Lee 李紫楓@imleeszefung.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#林志玲 親不 #親中 不重要——七天，一場請辭，這場爭論本身說明台灣有一件事還沒清楚 當北京過去二十年都在利用台灣藝人作為 #統戰 工具，台灣要如何以自己的藝人進行反向操作？ 新鮮出爐在〈換日線〉的文章 談談這場台灣還沒想清楚的文化 #認知戰 ⚡️Threads x7 crossing.cw.com.tw/article/20760

#林志玲 親不 #親中 不重要——七天，一場請辭，這場爭論本身說明台灣有一件事還沒清楚 當北京過去二十年都在利用台灣藝人作為 #統戰 工具，台灣要如何以自己的藝人進行反向操作？ 新鮮出爐在〈換日線〉的文章 談談這場台灣還沒想清楚的文化 #認知戰 ⚡️Threads x7 crossing.cw.com.tw/article/20760

My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on PRC #Consular Pop-ups in Canada 📍105 gray zone activities in 22 cities across 11 provinces 📍All PRC consulates & the PRC Embassy in Canada are involved 📍Sub-national #UnitedFront work targeting most provincial capitals ⚡️x 8 jamestown.org/consular-pop...

My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on PRC #Consular Pop-ups in Canada 📍105 gray zone activities in 22 cities across 11 provinces 📍All PRC consulates & the PRC Embassy in Canada are involved 📍Sub-national #UnitedFront work targeting most provincial capitals ⚡️x 8 jamestown.org/consular-pop...

My latest @japantimes.co.jp on Chinese consulates’ #GrayZone operations in Japan (and yes, Xue Jian is involved🙃) 📍60 gray zone pop-up events across 25 prefectures + 21 cities in Japan (2017-2025) 📍PRC Embassy in Japan + 5 PRC #Consulates involved ⚡️x 5 www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

A Tactical Framework to Counter and Prevent Transnational Repression w/ @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social by me & @marcuskolga.bsky.social @kentonthibaut.bsky.social nthibaut.bsky.social @nosumacero.bsky.social y.social @lisandranovo.bsky.social Threads⚡️x 7 www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...

On Global Taiwan Institute's podcast tdy discussing Chinese #HybridWarfare targeting #Taiwanese citizens via the issuance of ID cards, why cracking down has been proven so controversial (policy gaps & vulnerabilities) + Policy Recommendations Links below💬 mailchi.mp/globaltaiwan...

#PLAN & #CCG sailing in the usual “standard, professional and lawful manner” huh? Source: X @jaytaryela

My latest @aspi-org.bsky.social The Strategist on Tailored Psychological Warfare: A #Deepfake Video of Hong Kong Activists 📍Significance > a more tailored & comprehensive approach of psychological warfare 📍An early test for China's future ops Threads⚡️x 7 www.aspistrategist.org.au/tailored-psy...

My latest @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social on Taiwan Bounty: PRC Cross-Agency Operations Target Taiwanese Military Personnel 📍PRC's latest #HybridWarfare (Psychological warfare + Lawfare + IOs) targeting Taiwan's ICEFCOM 📍Tactics/ Agendas/ Implications Key findings⚡️x 7 jamestown.org/program/taiw...

My latest @globaltaiwan on PRC ID Cards and #HybridWarfare – Accumulated Impact on Taiwan & How to Counter It 📍How PRC cross-domain operations drive Taiwanese towards its "reunification" goal – Legally & Cognitively 📍Policy recommendations Threads Below⚡️x 12 globaltaiwan.org/2025/06/prc-...

PRC ID Cards and Hybrid Warfare: The Accumulated Impact on Taiwan and Potential Countermeasures | Global Taiwan Institute

Following the Taiwanese government’s announcement that any nationals holding a People's Republic of China (PRC)-issued identity (ID) card or settlement certificate will have their citizenship revoked,...

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New blog: The Slow Collapse of Critical Thinking in OSINT due to AI "OSINT used to be a thinking game. Now it’s becoming a trusting game and that should terrify you." #OSINT #OSINT4good #AI Read the blog here: www.dutchosintguy.com/post/the-slo...

Today @nytimes.com Imagine China knowing all US plans, and be able to “pre-empt, outflank or outsmart the Americans” in a potential Taiwan invasion — many thanks to such ridiculously unprofessional #OPSEC practices. Inspiring really🎃 nytimes.com/2025/03/27/b...

China 🇨🇳 uses threat of defamation to silence academic + think tank research into disinformation and other topics... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/t...

Chinese Companies Use Legal Threats to Halt Foreign Research

Think tanks and universities have helped expose problematic Chinese business practices. Now, those businesses are accusing them of defamation.

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Numerous indicators in cross-domain operations have been signaling China’s incrementing strategies to actively prepare for a potential war on Taiwan (& US) This new underground command bunker is just one of them. And I'm sure there's more coming. We are running out of both time and options.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2y ago

FT Exclusive: Several current and former US officials said the intelligence community is closely monitoring the site, which could serve as a wartime command centre 10 times larger than the Pentagon. www.ft.com/content/f376...

Excited to share the news that I have been selected to join the #PacificForum Young Leaders Program (YLP)! I look forward to connecting with inspiring policy specialists and contributing to the conversations on #Indo-Pacific security and geopolitical challenges:)

My report @ChinaBriefJT on PRC Consulates Gray Zone 'Pop-Up’ Events is cited by @newyorktimes.com yesterday! Happy to share more data on these gray zone activities upon request:) Read the full report here💬 jamestown.org/program/dipl...

THREAD: How China is influencing local elections in New York City, mobilizing organizations via a local power broker known as "The King of Brooklyn" (布鲁克林之王）to ensure that candidates who voice sympathy for Taiwan, or for Hong Kong democracy, are either defeated or never get elected. (1/x)

【FULL REPORT】PRC Consulates Gray Zone ‘Pop-up’ Events in New York & Beyond on Jamestown China Brief 📍90+ pop-ups in 15 cities across 7 states at non-designated diplomatic facilities eg. restaurants 📍Tactics/ Agendas/ Implications Key findings—Threads Below⚡️ jamestown.org/program/dipl...

What Trump's return would mean for Taiwan: 1. Uncertainty in US-Taiwan relations. It is unclear if Trump's comments on Taiwan (stealing the US semiconductor industry, calling Taiwan the mob, dissatisfaction with Taiwan's defense spending) will lead to a cooler tone on Taiwan.

My part II on PRC Consulates Gray Zone ‘Pop-up’ Events in New York & Beyond on Jamestown China Brief 📍Influence operations + Case Studies 📍Pop-ups >> Cognitive Warfare reinforcing consular gray zone activities & Xi Jinping’s Ideological Campaign Threads ⚡️x 12 jamestown.org/program/part...

My latest on Jamestown Foundation China Brief -- PRC Consulates Gray Zone ‘Pop-up’ Events in New York & Beyond 📍90+ pop-ups in 15 cities across 7 states at non-designated diplomatic facilities eg. shopping malls/ restaurants 📍Agendas & Implications Threads⚡️x 12
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Bookstores Become Sites of Subtle Protest Against Xi Jinping "[P]lacing Xi’s works next to other books to make a political point has become a relatively common, low-key mode of political dissent." chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/06/book...

Bookstores Become Sites of Subtle Protest Against Xi Jinping

Chinese bookstore shelf arrangements rarely go viral—that is, unless they contain a hidden message calling for Xi Jinping to step down. Since Xi has risen to power, placing Xi’s works next to other bo...

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My latest @ChinaBriefJT -- Hong Kong Gray Media's Influence Operation on Article 23 📍Top 5 #GrayMedia in #HongKong & their specialties 📍State affiliations 📍How they coordinate & incorporate legal/ cognitive warfare tactics for IOs Threads Below⚡️ x 15 jamestown.org/program/the-...

China is stepping up its Hybrid Warfare -- the world needs Cross-Domain #Deterrence against Beijing's aggression in the #Taiwan Strait — my latest on The Diplomat Threads below ⚡️💬 x 8 thediplomat.com/2024/05/with...

My latest @MLInstitute -- Full report on #TikTok 📍How does Beijing view TikTok? 📍What's special? TikTok vs other Chinese/ Western social media - surveillance & IOs 📍Influence Operations x Cognitive Warfare on TikTok - Case studies Threads below⚡️x 15 macdonaldlaurier.ca/tik-tok-chin...

TikTok - CHINA’S GLARING TROJAN HORSE: How Beijing uses the intensely addictive app for digital surveillance and influence operations | Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Sze-Fung Lee looks at how and why TikTok serves as Beijing’s strategic tool to advance its political narratives and strategic agendas

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