China Uncovered

Soft Power, Disinformation, and Censorship featuring Sarah Cook

China Uncovered

Show Notes

Olivia Enos interviews Sarah Cook on the Chinese Communist Party's use of soft power, disinformation, and censorship in its influence campaign. Sarah Cook is the Research Director for China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong at Freedom House and author of the Beijing's Global Megaphone report. Every year, Freedom House releases Global Freedom, Internet Freedom, and Democracy scores.

Other Freedom House reports mentioned: Freedom in the World 2020 Freedom on the Net 2020

Freedom House's China Media Bulletin is a monthly bulletin on censorship, media freedom, and internet freedom issues related to the People's Republic of China, drawing on both English and Chinese-language sources.

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