Introduction Since its inception in 2012, the Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (China-CEEC; 中国 中东欧国家合作, Zhongguo Zhong Dong Ou Guojia Hezuo), better known as the 16+1 or 17+1 initiative, has often been described as a security risk with the potential to divide European structures and make them serve the interests of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC). The …
New revelations on the laundering of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda through local actors in the Czech Republic point to an underresearched aspect of influence operations. The CCP’s tactic of “borrowing a boat to go out to sea” (借船出海, jie chuan chu hai), i.e., coopting local media outlets to serve as proxies, has long been known to involve organs in the …
Year-End CCP Politburo Meetings Stress Political Loyalty and Hint at Potential Shake-Ups in the Party Bureaucracy
Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 1
January 12, 2021 07:18 PM
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Image: CICIR Director Yuan Peng speaks at a CICIR-sponsored conference on “The International Strategy and Security Situation” held in Beijing (December 29, 2020). Yuan was the guest speaker at a CCP Politburo “collective study” session on national security held on December 11. (Image source: CICIR)
Introduction
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo held two official meetings in December 2020, both of which were publicized after the fact by official summaries presented in government outlets. The first of these was a “collective study” session held in the first half of the month, focused on the theme of correctly handling the various aspects of “national security work.” The second, held in the last week of December, was an annual “democratic life meeting” tra