himself has quoted Mao's description of the United Front as one of the communists' "magic weapons," and has elevated the United Front's role in the party, an expansion that has included adding 40,000 staff to the department and absorbing three government agencies, according to Gerry Groot, a China- studies lecturer at Australia's University of Adelaide. Last August, Xi made a direct appeal to ethnic Chinese residents of countries like Canada - what Beijing calls the "overseas Chinese" - urging them to "remember the call from the Party and the people, spread China's voice, support the country's development, safeguard national interests." HUAWEL HUAWEI下班车候车信息 The Huawei research and development centre at Dongguan, China. Andy Wong/AP, File Charles Burton, a political scientist at Ontario's Brock University who closely monitors China-related rights issues, says one of the United Front's key goals is to soften opinions around issues like Chinese companies' acquisition of Canadian natural resources and technology, or the looming decision Canada
Magic Weapons: China's political influence activities under Xi Jinping Professor Anne-Marie Brady Global Fellow, Wilson Center, Washington, DC; Department of Political Science and International Relations University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand In September 2014 Xi Jinping gave a speech on the importance of united front work — political influence activities— calling it one of the CCP's "magic weapons". . The Chinese government's foreign influence activities have accelerated under Xi. China's foreign influence activities have the potential to undermine the sovereignty and integrity of the political system of targeted states. Conference paper presented at the conference on "The corrosion of democracy under China's global influence," supported by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, and hosted in Arlington, Virginia, USA, September 16-17, 2017. Key points: • CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping is leading an accelerated expansion of political influence activities worldwide. • The expansion of these activities is connected to both the CCP government's domestic pressures and foreion agenda.
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