- China's influence operations in Australia are growing and gaining more attention.
- A migrant agent who advertises in an independent Chinese-language newspaper had officers from the country's security agency camp in his Beijing office for two weeks, harassing him to end his advertising, which he did.
- Other advertisers in Australia have been called into Chinese consulates to have hourslong 'tea chats' in efforts to cut funding for criticalindependent media.
- Apple reportedly requested its ads not run in two independent Australian newspapers for fear of angering China.
Forget Russia.
Attempts by China's Communist Party to influence international politics and societies are increasingly causing alarm worldwide.
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