One of Thailand’s most well-respected independent media outlets signs a content-sharing agreement with Chinese state media, pushing propaganda and outright disinformation about Hong Kong, Xinjiang and other sensitive subjects on unsuspecting Thai readers.
A Chinese-Malaysian tycoon buys up most of the Chinese-language media across Malaysia and creates a global media empire that is friendly towards the Communist Party, flattening diverse views in a country where just under a quarter of the population is ethnic Chinese.
Across campuses in the United States, Chinese student associations linked to the Communist Party pressure universities to cancel speakers and classes critical of Beijing, and compel their fellow exchange students to toe the party line.
These are examples of “sharp power” — somewhere between soft and hard power — which is at the core of a new book by Joshua…
