How China wages an unseen war for strategic influence | FT

Whether through security deals with the Solomon Islands or seeking to control the Chinese diaspora in Australia, Beijing puts huge resources into trying to influence how other countries view China. The FT's global China editor James Kynge talks to John Lee, fellow at the Hudson Institute and former national security adviser to the Australian government, about how China seeks to influence elites and create division in society in order to further its foreign policy goals. Read more at on.ft.com/3pNfaLg
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[@typicalKAMBlover21]

Look John, I’m a Chinese living in United States. I love the American people, that’s why I married one. But I’m always going to be Chinese. I won’t be Americanized, just like those Chinese living in Australia will always have their roots and identity being Chinese and not Australian. If we are going to be described as “results of the united frontline effort of Chinese government”. So be it. But know that you are lying. None of us had any connections with the Chinese government or desire to play a part of this nasty plot the politicians want to use as tools to promote their pathetic, self significance seeking propaganda. We are commoners seeking for a better life in another country. And we are tired of politics that want to abuse us.

[@McFraneth]

Why don't you mention the cancelling of debts in multiple African countries, and the fact that the Chinese debt trap is a myth. Also mention that Chinese loans come with 0% interest, unlike IMF loans. I'm the grand-daughter of South Africans, and China has been building in Africa for decades, supplying infrastructure. African countries love the Chinese, who are businessmen and who create win-win situations. Mention the Nairobi to Mombasa train line built by the Chinese.

[@Elliott_Wave]

the CCP just want to dominate the commodities, they can not be trusted, they say one thing and do another. When will they allow the west folks in to buy there land their companies. hey???

[@Elliott_Wave]

@Maxxxie DeSantis I understand that Russia will win that invasion as the west has no economic value in Ukraine, Putin cannot afford to lose it. The US don't really care, its just a political play, a debt play and to test weapons, its perfect for them, While Russia is dictating what food ships can leave Ukraine then they are winning.

[@Guaguanco11]

"Chinese loans come with 0% interest" No, that's a lie and your post is full of CCP propaganda talking points. I don't think you are who you say you are.

[@Elliott_Wave]

dude the CCP just said they are not going to support their local banks. they dont give a shite about you, wake up!

[@claudiocarrera9552]

lol you ccp dog

[@godzillamothra5983]

Just today, there are news that 70.000 Czech people protested against EU and NATO, not even one American media reported it.

[@Justin87878]

There are even more in Serbia, Germany, and Hungary.

[@aragon5]

USA and the west also carry out such influence campaign in HK and other places. Both sides are playing the same game but USA and the West are more effective and enjoying information dominance due to their control over major English language social and mass media.

[@jialei8153]

As a Chinese citizen who chose to immigrated to the western country as I have no trust for the CCP, I do hope the western can win this campaign over the CCP ruled China.

[@huas5350]

@@jialei8153 Since you have immigrated to the West, it means that you are already a Westerner, so stop calling yourself a Chinese citizen.

[@Guaguanco11]

The claim that Western countries carried out a foreign influence campaign in HK is a CCP propaganda talking point because they don't want to admit the reality that a significant % of the HK people saw a better future in liberal democracy than in CCP totalitarian rule. In contrast to the copious evidence of CCP attempts to influence and infiltrate the political systems of other countries there is no concrete evidence that supports the CCP conspiracy theory about a foreign influence operation in HK.

[@whoareyou9218]

@@jialei8153 😅

[@nsebast]

@@jialei8153 lol you are fool. Both are liars and have their own motives.

[@greatyupi5742]

All of a sudden US is worried about China having an island close to Australia. But when Russia said that they don't want NATO near Moscow now it becomes a problem.

[@CollectiveWesterner]

That comparison is something a 3rd grader might come up with, but nonetheless it is completely invalid and inaccurate. -- People need to stop thinking that a high school diploma is enough.....it definitely isn't.

[@veronikastrickler3924]

@@CollectiveWesterner Your argument makes no sense

[@Base73]

The Western countries have been doing this for years.

[@theman44ful]

So that makes it ok for another country to do?

[@richardchen1343]

@@theman44ful stop being an apologist. It is OK to do, UNTIL the West acknowledges that they are still doing this, and dismantle ALL actions already established by the West, and form a new strategy that includes everyone in the UN. This is basically neo-colonialism in different clothes. This is only an issue because what China is doing is challenge the West's status quo. It will only be OK if the regime in China was actually controlled/allied with the West, like Japan, where it's form of government was entirely revamped by the US after WW2. Otherwise, I don't think a powerful Asian nation is well accepted in a Western-dominated status quo. A good example was the US doing everything it could to destroy Japan's economy, when they saw its increase in the 1970's. It's also funny how no one sees that it is only the White nations that are crying foul towards China incessantly. I wonder why?

[@Gpenguin01]

A fan of FT. However, I find it funny how the host, in one breath, accuses of Chinese government of influence campaigns through funding of 3 out of 24 Chinese language media outlets in Australia - while quoting ASPI (which receives all of its funding from the Australian government, US government, and weapons manufacturers). Does this mean the Australian government is also involved in influence campaigns alongside the US government and weapons manufacturers through these think tanks like ASPI? Maybe FT can do a better job by citing research institutions that do not accept government funding of any kind when reporting on government influence campaigns? Journalistic ethics and standards?

[@Guaguanco11]

There is nothing suspicious about the Australian government giving funding to an Australian based global security think tank. By contrast, if it were discovered that the Australian government was secretly funding several newspapers and radiostations in China that would be highly suspicious and obviously suggest a foreign influence campaign. Given that, I hope that you can now see the difference.

[@Western_Decline]

The FT is an arm of US foreign policy as part of the propaganda apparatus.

[@aaachriamahoe9928]

Solomon island is an independent nation. Get it.

[@Guaguanco11]

In principle it is. However, in practice it may not be as their Prime Minister appears to have been taking secret payments from China in exchange for doing China's bidding rather than acting in the National interest.

[@Eddyke]

@@Guaguanco11 national interest isn't decided by the US but by that prime minister

[@laosasean8482]

I am ASEAN I think Australia tries to be a sheriff in the Asian pacific

[@Guaguanco11]

No, US is sheriff. Australia is trying to be its deputy and Japan is also moving in that direction. Meanwhile, China wants to be King and turn the countries in the region into its vassal states.

[@lebbeus]

Sounds about white

[@regophil]

Good observation.👍

[@高拉]

This Australian pretends to know China very well, in fact his remarks are really superficial😂

[@huas5350]

U.S. troops recently looted and smuggled oil in Syria. Is this also a form of strategic influence?

[@banarama4144]

Yep. And they wonder people treat them with disdain

[@TheYakshie]

And China hosted the Taliban leadership, while brutally suppressing their co-religionists, the Uyghurs, see whataboutism works both ways.

[@huas5350]

@@TheYakshie Have you ever been to a Uyghur city? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4HNpZeNdsughpI Here is Kashgar in July 2022, one of the areas with the highest concentration of Uyghurs.

[@scindialawyer]

How unseen is it when financial Times prepares a report on it ? Subtle maybe, but definitely not unseen.

[@bin.s.s.]

Unseen here is intended to mean unexpected + ignoble by FT's style.

[@attsealevel]

Excellent report - reasoned and considered.

[@Western_Decline]

@@attsealevel hardly. learn to think outside of US propaganda

[@attsealevel]

Anonymous - You are incorrect. I am a German citizen, and you are clearly angry at this report. Why am I not surprised.

[@scindialawyer]

@@attsealevel Oh I am not Chinese, I am Indian. I don't hate this report. I like it. I just pointed the irony that FT is calling it unseen, when everyone sees the Chinese bullying and sees it for what it is.

[@Jonpoo1]

New World Order, a three part documentary is on BBC iPlayer for about one more month and goes into some of this. Especially the final episode. Chinese influence went right to the top of Australian government and it was totally official policy in the UK one!

[@Western_Decline]

Anglo fear-mongering is unbecoming and sad

[@Guaguanco11]

Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan and many other non-Western countries share these concerns so you can hardly dismiss it as an "Anglo" thing.

[@regophil]

@@Guaguanco11 Japan is occupied by US after WWII, Taiwan is under a separatist leadership, Korea is sitting on the fence, India's only trick is anti-China. All of them are sad stories.

[@dengist8172]

No mate. China want to sabotage the US for sure but they don’t care about UK or Australia. You guys just aren’t relevant anymore

[@glitchysoup6322]

@@Western_Decline wumao

[@barrychmak7852]

China helps other countries with Trades and Infrastructure projects. US helps other countries with Bombs and Weaponry ( in the name of Democracy ) . China teaches other countries to grow food . US trains other countries to fight Wars .

[@Guaguanco11]

Did you get this comment from a CCP propaganda book? China also sells weapons to foreign countries including some pretty dodgy ones and the US has provided a huge amount of foreign aid including infrastructure projects in the Post WWII era. And this is all pretty standard. It is normal for any glo al superpower to do both.

[@barrychmak7852]

@@Guaguanco11 Check below on the US Democracy World Tour , Ideological Bombing List from 1950 onward : -Korea and China 1950-1953 (Korean War) -Guatemala 1954 -Indonesia 1958 -Cuba 1959-1961 -Guatemala 1960 -Congo 1964 -Laos 1964-1973 -Vietnam 1961-1973 -Cambodia 1969-1970 -Guatemala 1967-1969 -Grenada 1983 -Lebanon 1983-1984 (both Lebanese and Syria targets) -Libya 1986 -El Salvador 1980s -Nicaragua 1980s -Iran 1987 -Panama 1989 -Iraq 1991 (Persian Gulf War) -Kuwait 1991 -Somalia 1993 -Bosnia 1994-1995 -Sudan 1998 -Afghanistan 1998 -Yugoslavia 1999 -Yemen 2002 -Iraq 1991-2003 (US/UK on regular basis) -Iraq 2003-2015 -Afghanistan 2001-2015 -Pakistan 2007-2015 -Somalia 2007-8 and 2011 -Yemen 2009 and 2011 -Libya 2011 and 2015 -Syria 2014-2015 US ideology seems to be the main sources of World unrest & Refugees generation

[@Rapture77]

Have you heard of debt traps such Sri Lanka, Pakistan and African countries with China ?

[@barrychmak7852]

@@Rapture77 Real debt trap: Sri Lanka owes vast majority to the West, not China kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2aVpYdrncynic0 Check report from Sri Lanka Government - China debt 10% www.erd.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=308&lang=en There are a lot of fake news in the MSM , especially on China .

[@jeffpotter2934]

@@Rapture77 if China is offering them such a big deal then why doesn’t the US offer them a better deal then?

[@ongsengfook]

Australian soldiers killed civilians in Afghanistan. Children were used as live target. Proven but nothing done. Shame on you.

[@britishmalayasociety]

Tiananmen? Uyghurs? Hong Kong?

[@claudiocarrera9552]

Long live Taiwan!

[@TheYakshie]

And the Chinese lock up Uyghurs and separate them from their families. Unlike those digitally altered self-serving propaganda the Uyghurs and COVID that China gifted to the world in secret are documented and verified facts. Russia gave us war and the Chinese pestilence. Wonder what others apocalyptic horsemen have yet to be unleashed by this paranoid duo.

[@antispindr8613]

@@britishmalayasociety All expressions of the will of the people, or fake US-backed Color Revolts?

[@britishmalayasociety]

@@antispindr8613 Pretty sure at the very least Taiwan and Hong Kong would be all too happy to *pay* the US for that privilege, rather than the other way around. They've both hated the PRC since at least 1949. Less so the Uyghurs, mainly because after decades of PRC administration they still can't afford it.

[@livelirah9109]

Of course it's Hudson institute. 😂😂 Nothing more to be expected from this guy's

[@Western_Decline]

Anti-China slant isn’t even subtle. Western fear mongering propaganda is wild. See who funds Hudson Institute.

[@learn2237]

you see this? this is called Wumao/

[@anupam13mishra]

Yes my Chinese troll friend.

[@youngdenis5132]

hudson propoganda institute

[@fakewhiteman3412]

Chinese invent gunpowder, it was Anglo Saxon used it to commit unspeakable atrocities, did tons of evil earn tons of gold to become successful country, if Chinese want to do evil why start now

[@leelaitiam19]

It ok for us to have bases throughout the world but not China.

[@MultiCklee]

the west are hypocrites at best if not cold blooded murderers. Just ask those whose love ones killed by the west in the numerous wars created by the west, in their so called "enforcing international law and order"... rules that are written by them, bias and lopsided, only benefiting the west.

[@Western_Decline]

Whyyyyte power is US foreign policy

[@jvonhousen3055]

accuse others what you yourself are guilty of. thanks for letting us know! read Tragedy and Hope. A summary of the book is on KZbin 5 hours long. Well worth the read and if you're reading this Good night and you're awesome.

[@ssll7535]

This John seemed to be very proud of Australia’s role as a lapdog of the US, and forgot his ancestry

[@RonaldRaiden]

They seem like more like Europe

[@barrywalsh7926]

Several former Australian politicians are doing well working as "consultants" to Chinese corporations.

[@JJONNYREPP]

How China wages an unseen war for strategic influence | FT 0556am 9.11.23 they, the collective chinese, seem very focussed on their goals. i surmise they will not give much of a fig for non Chinese peoples should China want to flex its muscles domestically and further aboard. re: warfare - the fiscal aspects of trade and market forces are a buffer zone to the might of guns and ammunition... thankfully if you take into consideration that you do not fancy mourning the death of your loved ones...

[@tatvamkrishnam6691]

*China's influence in South Pacific* 1. China has long wanted a *security pact or military assets* in the Solomon and in other parts of the South Pacific. 2. Solomon Islands have a very *heavy Chinese military presence* 3. How China's loans and grants to the South Pacific region 4:00 4. On Taiwan recognition, The Solomon switched its recognition to mainland China in 2018. And Beijing has promised it *about $730mn* in financial aid all under the carpet of "security pact". 5. The *United Front* is the main body that oversees influence campaigns in foreign countries. It is *an extension of CCP* 6. There are *1.2mn Australians of Chinese descent* who have Mandarin as their first language. 7. And according to a report from ASPI, the Australian foreign policy think tank, *3 of the 24 Chinese language media groups* in Australia are known to *get funding directly from the Chinese Communist party* And about *half have links to the United Front*

[@ianthesiow3013]

The (US) United States called it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question... Instances of the United States "liberated" or overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government) China 1949 to early 1960s Albania 1949-53 East Germany 1950s Iran 1953 * Guatemala 1954 * Costa Rica mid-1950s Syria 1956-7 Egypt 1957 Indonesia 1957-8 British Guiana 1953-64 * Iraq 1963 * North Vietnam 1945-73 Cambodia 1955-70 * Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 * Ecuador 1960-63 * Congo 1960 * France 1965 Brazil 1962-64 * Dominican Republic 1963 * Cuba 1959 to present Bolivia 1964 * Indonesia 1965 * Ghana 1966 * Chile 1964-73 * Greece 1967 * Costa Rica 1970-71 Bolivia 1971 * Australia 1973-75 * Angola 1975, 1980s Zaire 1975 Portugal 1974-76 * Jamaica 1976-80 * Seychelles 1979-81 Chad 1981-82 * Grenada 1983 * South Yemen 1982-84 Suriname 1982-84 Fiji 1987 * Libya 1980s Nicaragua 1981-90 * Panama 1989 * Bulgaria 1990 * Albania 1991 * Iraq 1991 Afghanistan 1980s * Somalia 1993 Yugoslavia 1999-2000 * Ecuador 2000 * Afghanistan 2001 * Venezuela 2002 * Iraq 2003 * Haiti 2004 * Somalia 2007 to present Honduras 2009 * Libya 2011 * Syria 2012 Ukraine 2014 * 2014 - 2022 - 6 countries yet to verify. Pakistan 2022 *

[@britishmalayasociety]

I see someone is a great supporter of dictatorships and crimes against humanity. If only the US was the threat you think it to be. The US would be in Beijing by now.

[@claudiocarrera9552]

ccp dog, go back to your wumao farm lol

[@TheYakshie]

And China occupatied Tibet, Xinjiang, absorbed or subsumed territories around it for 5000 years and going. It failed to occupy Japan, not for lack of trying but natural events, it failed to occupational and subjugate the rest of the world only because it couldn’t. So spare me the uneducated self-righteousness and, teach yourself some world history. Diversify your information from the Chinese version of Fox News.

[@mashlee8712]

@@britishmalayasocietythen that would be nuclear war, US is n't stupid to do that

[@britishmalayasociety]

@@mashlee8712 I'm glad you think that.

[@laosasean8482]

John Lee is Gordon Chang of Australia

[@kikolatulipe]

@FT have you ever written something positive about China !?

[@TheYakshie]

Many non-Chinese media outlets were effusive in their adoration and flattery of China and its leadership for decades after the Tiananmen massacre. China returned the favour by blocking foreign media, diversity of ideas, false narratives of Western decline and COVID, not to mention Wolf warrior and hostage diplomacy. So go on, enlighten us.

[@britishmalayasociety]

The PRC isn't Chinese state media where they're compelled to write positive articles about the mainland. But if you must know, FT is usually rather complimentary of manufacturing and production in China.

[@KW-hk2jd]

I have a lot of respect for Australians standing up for their country. New Zealand is just annoying at this point.

[@lm_b5080]

Are you feeling the chinese influence in kiwi land?

[@qingzhou9983]

So Chinese influences in Australia is divisive. But Australia and other Western Countries’ influences in China are not Divisive? I just want to know how you distinguish divisive from different?

[@britishmalayasociety]

You can't even access ABC Australia in China.

[@lachlansydney2149]

China is an AUTHORATARIAN state. Australians are happy with China having no influence in Australia.

[@qingzhou9983]

@@lachlansydney2149 And China is happy with Australia or Western Country having no influence in China. Did you notice all the conflicts between West and China are about Chinese Affairs, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xingjian, Tibet, south China Sea etc.?

[@lachlansydney2149]

@@qingzhou9983 Australia is not the one making demands. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJO0p4Vjd9t1pNU

[@gabagool44]

I'd like to remind everybody to absorb what you hear from this former national security advisor for the Australian government in a similar way that you would absorb info from any state sponsored news media. Keep biases in mind and have a good day :)

[@gabagool44]

if anybody was wondering: ASPI, the think-tank quoted around 8:30, received 66.2% of its funding from the Australian government in its 2020-2021fiscal year. This number excludes a $5 million grant from the Australian Dept. of Defense they got in June 2021. Including that, it would be 76.95%. The year before that, it was 68%. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Tounguepunchfartbox]

@@gabagool44 bruh where do you think any think tank gets funding? They don’t make a fuckin profit lmao.

[@Guaguanco11]

Australia is a liberal democracy where there are a plurality of viewpoints. To work as a government security analyst you need to show your expertise in global security. What you don't need is conformity to the official state ideology. In fact, being a liberal democracy there is no official state ideology in Australia and you can find a wide variety of viewpoints and values among the bureaucracy. So, your assumption that having worked as analyst would make someone biased toward a state ideology is utterly confused. I suggest you go and study some political science before commenting again on YT.

[@hermanwooster8944]

@@Guaguanco11 Australia is a country that forcibly imprisoned healthy people for allegedly being in the vicinity of someone with C-19. Not exactly the plurality you make it out to be.

[@Guaguanco11]

During the pandemic there was a clear concensus among Australians in favour of certain public health policies. The minority who disagreed where able to voice their rejection in various ways without government censure or intervention although at certain points in time theiy were prohibited from holding large public protests on public health grounds. This is consistent with there being a plurality of opinions rather then forced ideological conformity.

[@Arangggg]

Nice to see FT is continuing to be a mouthpiece for the USA state dept.

[@antispindr8613]

Same as it ever was?

[@britishmalayasociety]

Cope harder.

[@Western_Decline]

@@britishmalayasociety no, you simply need to understand the West has an intellectually dishonest media

[@britishmalayasociety]

@Chew You should also look at African, Latin American, Asian, and even Russian media. The Russians have even coined a term for the Chinese. последнее китайское предупреждение. Chinese mainlanders have a poor grasp of critical thinking and logical fallacy. It's why Chinese propaganda doesn't work anywhere else. People see through it.

[@britishmalayasociety]

@Chew American Universities are graduating Xi Jinping's daughter. If the leader of the PRC, and party elites actually believed in the system, they wouldn't be going to the US or Europe to be educated.

[@TmcksnT]

We need actual experts on PLA and CCP not 'what I think is going on from an Australian perspective but I'll tell you as if it's facts' experts

[@Guaguanco11]

There is no such thing as "the Australian perapective". Your CCP propaganda mindset must have made you forget that Australia is a Liberal democracy where many different perspectives on what the country should do and what values it should have are allowed to flourish. Furthermore, the guest is a security analyst who specialises in China so he has relevant expertise. If you think his expertise is undermined by biases you need to produce evidence to justify that claim.. Merely pointing out that his nationality is Australian is not such evidence.

[@TmcksnT]

@@Guaguanco11 Of course, I did say 'an Australian perspective ' not 'the'. The guy is speaking authoritatively about the ambitious, motivations and thinking of CPP and PLA. I just need something other than 'trust me, I'm a security expert ' to really buy into these facts. CCP and PLA are not exactly forthcoming with these things so he needs to convince me he actually knows

[@Guaguanco11]

Sure, but if you want more evidence and detail then you need to go and read the articles analysts and political scientists are writing in academic journals. Short media "talking heads" clips are the wrong place to look.

[@britishmalayasociety]

@@TmcksnT The CCP and PLA are more forthcoming than you think. They regularly publish documents publicly in Chinese about regional and military intentions. Experts mainly collect, verify, and assess whether or not China is able to do any of their objectives.

[@Western_Decline]

@@Guaguanco11 This John Lee has had some pretty bad predictions on China. Seems like he tells insecure Westerners what they want to hear, as opposed to the truth.

[@tangohotellima1895]

Interesting question:-China has always done this-why is it being reported on? at this point in time? And, given the FT's role in the UK's intelligence community (propaganda section), is the UK preparing for war, at some level, with China? 🤣

[@katana2k]

I think a more interesting question would be, are you stupid? do you get your news from social media? blogs?

[@mashlee8712]

Part of the media to keep pumping out negative news every so often

[@TheYakshie]

Not at all CCP troll, instead China is preparing to invade Taiwan. See

[@mashlee8712]

@@TheYakshie ha ha so funny, there had to be someone to mention the troll thing, well this video is about strategic influence and as for Taiwan, China has been preparing to invade Taiwan for 70 years and your comment is just another reflection of the propaganda effect.

[@britishmalayasociety]

Why would the UK do that? They don't have a large enough stock of missiles to be able to adequately secure the South China Sea with their fleet.

[@robertprawendowski2850]

The crux of the matter is Malacca strait.More efficacious involvement of China in that region is crucial for their economy.

[@robertlee9838]

China, China, China, I am tired of it. Everyone is pretending to be an expert on China. I am a Taiwanese. Australian is not that important to China. However, Australia has been crying that PLA is coming just pretended Australia is important and should be the limelight of the world. Sorry, Australia is not a major player, both militarily and economically. Nobody wants to influence Australia. But, just continue to make up your stories, as long as you are happy!

[@Guaguanco11]

I doubt you are who you say you are. Australia has the fourth biggest economy in the region after China, Japan, and South Korea. It also has US military bases. So of course China, who have been very strategic with their foreign policy in recent years, is concerned with Australia.

[@robertlee9838]

@@Guaguanco11 I respect your different opinions. Asean is China's most important region.

[@robertlee9838]

@@Guaguanco11 I lived in Taipei, HengYang Rd No. 41 (was burned down several years ago). Please do not try to disqualify others.

[@robertlee9838]

@@Guaguanco11 I served in Chinese Air Force (Taiwan) 5th Division, serving F5E 5149-5196 48 planes.

[@tofuyam7361]

Nice propaganda

[@claudiocarrera9552]

lol coming from a ccp dog!

[@tyh9206]

John Li, full of bias. There is never a forever enemy. What would he do when Australia government is friendly again?

[@allanmuyanja1174]

Nice, now do one for the US

[@Jason-sf8vx]

All these are past events , it does not mentioned and forsee future stretegic moves by China

[@boson2916]

James Kynge's China scoring own goal is right on the mark, FDI collapse, foreign companies withdrawal, unemployment skyrocket..... these influential PLA generals know well about military but not economics, China's economy fall back 60-70 years!!

[@blokin5039]

You talking poop again, all lies

[@VeriteLexicon]

The West must understand that their opponents mean serious business and not playing games.

[@Jewzi123]

china needs the west thus it wont harm the west however its unhappy with the west desire to have influence in their backyard Asia while preventing china from dominating Asia , I am no supporter of china due to their crimes against humanity and cruelty, nor do I support the west which is dominated by pro Christian Zionism politics and western colonialism either physical or cultural and the worst offender is catholic France . nor is it in my interest for the west and china to be at war or a Cold war .

[@kwamebushman606]

It's better than the WAR/BOMBING the US and Europe does! Y'all are just hating 🤣🤣

[@MrBoliao98]

It's an entirely different kettle of fish when your own daily living is threatened by an overarching China. No one in Southeast Asia enjoys the kind of pressure and the political arm-twisting. The Solomon Islands guy can see what happens when you deal with China either with all their debt-trap infrastructure or the kind of nonsense you have to deal with. There is never a good deal, the only way you can out calculate China is to have a lot of Chinese doing the maths for you.

[@keithrobert5117]

If government is opinion (Hume) then the opinion makers can no longer be located within the Magic Circle. Who perhaps have more reason to be concerned about that than anyone else.

[@michaelwatson113]

The interviewer puts words in the mouth of the guest. Please don't.

[@zacharydavis4398]

Thank you for spending the time to create and share this content 🙏🏾

[@richardanthonygilbey]

Kicking the Absolute devil out of parliaments finances, it’s amazing they’ve still got any bread at all 💂🏻‍♂️⭐️💂🏻‍♂️⭐️💂🏻‍♂️⭐️💂🏻‍♂️⭐️💂🏻‍♂️⭐️💂🏻‍♂️

[@RonaldRaiden]

Pffffft they're a colony of the EU. Try not to be so obvious

[@user-qw1er2ty3ui4o]

John Lee seems like a normal and reasonable fellow. Completely believable.

[@jameschu512]

John Lee no matter how he looks he still a Chinese with ancestor root. He can speak English but culturally he is not white. He acted like one to gain acceptance in Australia. The way Chinese thinks is different from the white man. No one will attack the primordial connection with the past - that is Chinese.

[@brannyxx]

And the rest of the countries like USA Uk and Australia don’t ? Interesting.

[@dcklee11]

There is not that amount of Han Chinese in Japan and Korea as the 1.2 million in Australia. Asian countries are not a melting pot of immigration.

[@maxb5957]

Max was here

[@_fan_i_oslo]

of course do western countries not do those influences at all. lol.

[@whatthefunction9140]

Australia is screwed.

[@durexuncensored]

lol,Aus and Jp are the best running dog of USA,but in australian history,Aus who invaded china was just a clown

[@greattime860]

US ‘CHIPS Act’ will backfire with foreign investment bans. US is forcing global chip-makers to choose sides, it makes no sense for them to ditch their huge investments with China just to chase after some subsidies in the US. The US only accounts for 12% of total chips manufacturing worldwide, while four-fifths of all fabrication plants are located in the Asia and China is a key player in this industry. Who needs smart chips that are 5 or 2 -nanometre, if everything is moving to the clouds? Communication, processing and storage can be all done in the clouds especially when you have 5G. Whoever leads in IT and artificial intelligence will dominate the world. Putin will withdraw from ISS programme in 2025 Because it’s reaching the end of its functional life. Chinese Space Station is only one-fifth the mass of the ISS but it’s more spacious and it’s fitted with wifi-connection and other innovations video calling from the space station to earth shorten travel time to two days increase the number of automated and remote-controlled systems. China and Russia plan for a joint International Lunar Research Station running through 2036. But we’re expected to believe that the US intends to defend the "rules-based order" that Russia and China are posing a challenge to.

[@McFraneth]

It's simply beyond the comprehension of WASP countries to think other countries are not after something or being sneaky. WASP countries are deceitful pirates ergo everyone else is.

[@Elliott_Wave]

West always wins😁

[@dingding6745]

Destined to become a colony of China of Australia cannot stop mucking around

[@prasitkoysiripong5150]

I don't think John Lee know China well enough.

[@Ohyeahhahaha]

Ever heard of the banana republics??

[@luxushauseragency]

As always, very useful and insightful.

[@domruck4815]

What amazes me is that they are trying to grow their strategic influence, and, in the meantime, burning as many bridges as possible with their wolf warrior diplomacy...

[@Kiyoone]

what? Dude, see the balance of exports/imports and trade partners... Western alliances/EU is losing ground EACH DAY. African and asian countries are siding with BRICS.

[@davec8153]

@@peterseth3296 If you read any sort of Chinese natively, you would realize they’re burning bridges with most of the developed world, including their neighbours, like Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

[@davec8153]

@@peterseth3296 It's not very convincing when you're contradicting yourself left and right. First you claim geopolitics is not personal, then you say they don't care about Asians because of skin color (who uses the word oriental? It's 2022), so which is it? More importantly, any student of history can tell you geopolitics are heavily influenced by history. Japan and China has too much bad blood to resolve their issues anytime soon, and Taiwan has an existential conflict of interest with China.

[@blokin5039]

@@davec8153 Nonsense

[@danwelterweight4137]

@@davec8153 all those countries you mentioned are US Vassal states pushing a US agenda to protect and preserve US hegemony in the world.

[@Kiyoone]

Oh, wow. When wall street bois got kicked in their arses: "ItS nOt FaIr"

[@钟舒婷]

This guest doesn't know China at all, so funny that the Australian government hired him as an adviser.

[@sakura7431]

"unseen war", seen by FT.

[@antispindr8613]

If, as John Pilger highlighted in a recent film, the US is planning the next war with China, would we not expect US-backed media tarts (sorry, respected reporters) to carry out a campaign of dis-information?

[@Walizen]

Bingo!

[@bC-ex1dn]

Do we know who fund ASPI?

[@britishmalayasociety]

Chinese state media funds ASPI

[@britishmalayasociety]

@Chew That's according to Western sources. It's actually funded by Chinese State Media. Though Xi Jinping's American educated daughter, who is in the US at the moment.

[@keewng]

What US should do is to reorganize and well funded CIA like during the Cold War days where Agents are empowered to spread US Democratic philosophy overseas. Sadly US CIA are now badly Funded, Weak and persecuted by US Woke Political lawmakers.

[@dr.c7679]

don't forget about the believers in lasers and "stolen" elections.

[@MrLuhuazhao]

I don’t even need to hear to know the contents.

[@JJONNYREPP]

How China wages an unseen war for strategic influence | FT 0551am 9.11.23 warfare? real politik is a fine aspect of warfare waged in the guise of diplomacy.

[@brendonrookes1151]

i dont get why were still giving aid to the solmons and pupa newguinny when they are siding with our enemy

[@unknownpng650]

the USA caused more deaths in this world then any other country . the glory of America is coming to End , and you guys deserve evey bad thing happening to you. Julian Assange exposed your unhumane crimes

[@hubreydavid7864]

Mandela quoted, Don't let your enemies be our enemies.

[@hydrohasspoken6227]

God gave americans strategic dominance because “in God they trust”.the these stubborn chinese want to take that away from the americans, their own gift from God himself.

[@edgardopangilinan6334]

Chinese divide n rule...a step back 2 steps forward

[@Elliott_Wave]

Just get those CCP people out of Oz NOW!

[@dingding6745]

Right and get those damn yanks out of America to start off with

[@tofuyam7361]

Why don't you go back home?

[@Elliott_Wave]

@@tofuyam7361 And you should go too and fix all those tofu buildings lol

[@tofuyam7361]

@@Elliott_Wave I don't live in genocide land of oz

[@Elliott_Wave]

@@tofuyam7361 great, we dont want yams

[@xaira12]

dave chapelle said it best...everyone in america is racist, and everyone in china is chinese...we'll never win 🤣🤣

[@Hajiereg]

Fake news

[@Elliott_Wave]

idiot lol

[@claudiocarrera9552]

ccp dog!

[@jarrodyuki7081]

japan will retake the kurils sakhalin and vladivostok south korea will take north korea.

[@durexuncensored]

japanese is criminal country,dont mention it

[@dingding6745]

The opposite is more likely to be true

[@titaniumskunkogkush4365]

And then Japan will colonize Korea, Japan and all of south east Asia again right? I swear people don't have a brain.

[@sachin2842]

this is the same reason Russia had ukrain nato coming closer to Kremlin.

[@SandyJayAgingerguy]

no, that was straight up a land grab. nato is even closer to the kremlin because of Russia's actions.

[@sachin2842]

@@SandyJayAgingerguy What about promise from your western leaders of no expansion of nato after German reunification? USSR Empire deserved better and now Russia just want their Moscow to be secured from crony capitalists trying to breach it.

[@sachin2842]

@@SandyJayAgingerguy usa pushing europe to poverty cant you see?

[@robertskolimowski7049]

Insightful, thank u✌

[@chengjiegu4934]

Great transition of focus from the international fare to Chinese Hatred, can't wait to see how Chinese Australian would be threatened by the narrative you made.

[@JeffreyVBright]

If Chinese Australians want to be respected, they have to be on the front line fighting CCP propaganda.

[@britishmalayasociety]

China was never particularly popular to begin with. Have you met a mainlander? Why do you think wealthy Chinese have to send their kids to the US and Europe to learn. Like Xi Jinping has with his? She's back in the US now.

[@Guaguanco11]

So you are accusing the guest, who is Chinese Australian, of having hatred towards Chinese Australians? Clearly you are a very logical person.

[@JeffreyVBright]

@@Guaguanco11 ridiculous conclusion. Chinese Australian does not equal Chinese Communist Party.

[@Guaguanco11]

You are repeating a classic CCP propaganda move called the "bait and switch". It involves equivocating on the word "Chinese" which could either be picking out an ethnic group (Chinese people) or a state actor (China, which is run by the CCP). The move is to switch between these two meanings for rhetorical advantage.

[@McFraneth]

Wow, projecting much?

[@charleswomack2166]

The Wumaos are everywhere it seems.

[@royalgodnr.1241]

Spreading antisinitic hate again.

[@Albert_Einstein_not]

West’s hypocrisy

[@cherry-vz5kx]

Just like the U.S.

[@GPDC100]

White dynaster is over

[@什么样子世界]

As usual. Can't make u points? Boring

[@GPDC100]

America is number 1 in movie the last real life ahow is Afghanistan escape repeat vietnam style lol

[@jazzbeats8168]

this is pathetic ....

[@woshixiaojianren]

as if you are not doing it in your own fucked-up ways😂 give me a break

[@solapowsj25]

Strategy for strategy: a decade ago, Biden campaigned for strengthening internal politics in USA🇺🇸. Do.

[@katana2k]

Two thirds of comments on this video are CCP propaganda. People attacking FT, attacking the commentators, alluding to separate issues entirely to defend the CCP, and not addressing the points made in the video.

[@Guaguanco11]

Yep, many wumao commenting here and using bot accounts to artificially pump up likes on their posts. KZbin really needs to get their act together.

[@Kiyoone]

LOL ok.🤣😂

[@britishmalayasociety]

No, Chinese propaganda isn't as sophisticated as even what the Russians roll with.

[@claudiocarrera9552]

@@Kiyoone ccp dog

[@eightssix]

Lol actually any intellectual who has seen the world would agree that there is propaganda on both sides. However, there has been much more demonizing of China from the west in the last 4-5 years or so. So why wouldn’t China want to change the narrative? If the narrative is to tell the world that it is win-win player on the world stage then is it that bad? It’s not like they are demonizing the West in retaliation. The West is clearly the aggressor if you look at the language and pictures and angle they choose to report “the news”.

[@michaelquan123]

Good on you China.

[@stephenyeong5495]

Comment for algorithm

[@usa-racistwarmachine3631]

Westerner propaganda

[@eliyasalisho348]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cstam7516]

Your commentators dialogue is unacceptable, bias,conditioned minded,he is come from HUDSON INSTITUTE, what kind of research do, it tried to create tensions all around, his rhetoric is baseless ,no substance, groundless. The same idea the west used media,institute, research body as the tools to help and hoodwinked the opinions of the people to achieve their political goals,he must asked himself where the funding come from? Stoking the hatred and mistrust is not good for humanity, peace. Taiwan is part of China, more than 160 countries around the world know that, its similar like Scotland is part of UK.

[@Guaguanco11]

You accuse the guest of bias but don't substantiate it with any evidence. Instead, all you offer is ad hominems and empty rhetoric. Meanwhile you blatantly lie when you say that 160 countries accept that Taiwan is part of China. Most countries take no official stance on the one-China policy, leaving Taiwan's status indeterminate. That is NOT accepting the one-China policy.

[@britishmalayasociety]

Fire more missiles into the sea and cope.

[@claudiocarrera9552]

ccp dog

[@antispindr8613]

@@Guaguanco11 Check the timing of events. For is it not a little odd that, just when the US is banging the drums of war against China, the FTs is out pushing Washington's anti- China agenda?

[@rohanhope4287]

Lot of chinese bots here 😂

[@banarama4144]

What a load of tosh and waste of 15 minutes of my life.

[@jackychen5578]

采访一个西方人有什么意义呢

[@davec8153]

那國內新聞有什麼意義呢？都是共產黨的

[@jackychen5578]

@@davec8153 那怎么办呢，你让国民党赢啊，那不就可以都是国民党了啊，中国目前就是被共产党掌握啊，国内新闻，你看看就好啊，大家了解事实的新闻就好啊，没人让你去相信洗脑的东西，你可以选择不看啊，还有互联网啊，大家都在用手机拍新闻了，谁还看电视啊

[@mcb4067]

在中国，政府不允许你进行批判性采访，所以你只能在这里找到哈哈

[@jackychen5578]

@@mcb4067 前提是你需要有什么批判性的建议是为了中国好的，有吗？

[@mcb4067]

@@jackychen5578 当然没有，在中国从小时候政府一直告诉我们国家是喜大普奔 ！当然我们所发现的问题是外国人做的对不对

[@qingzhu1541]

If(big if) we spoke english, and been catholic, how Australia or West thinks about ? :) I hear china is talking with Holy See about Papal consistory. Big Big Big if, your guys will seeing many chinese cardinals and Bishops in Rome. One day ：） Chinese Pope. Hahahaha.