Title Seeking to undermine democracy and partnerships : how the CCP is influencing the Pacific islands information environment / Blake Johnson and Joshua Dunne

Published [Barton, Australian Capital Territory' : Australian Strategic Policy Institute, International Cyber Policy Centre, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (33 pages) : colour charts Series Policy brief (Australian Strategic Policy Institute : Online) ; Report no. 70/2023 Summary "In the Pacific islands, the CCP wants to create a region that depends on China economically, supports it diplomatically-including through recognition of the 'One China' policy-and reflexively defers to its interests at the expense of relationships with other foreign partners. With China's growing footprint comes an increased potential for the CCP to interfere in domestic politics and the region's other foreign partnerships, in addition to efforts to influence political elites and populations and shape public discourse on new developments and events. The CCP is attempting to expand its presence across the Pacific in order to achieve those objectives, including in the media and information environment through the promotion of particular narratives and disinformation on certain topics. The promotion of those narratives through information operations, including the use of disinformation, is a tactic to support the party's broader objective globally-including now in the Pacific islands as the CCP's footprint and interests in the region expand. The aim is to create a region that reflexively defers to the CCP's interests at the expense of other partnerships-by undermining the relationships between PICs and their other foreign partners while telling 'the China story well. ... This research, including the three case studies described in more detail below, fills a knowledge gap by creating a baseline understanding and characterisation of how CCP regional information operations are unfolding in the PICs."--Introduction Analysis Australian Notes ISSN: 2209-9689 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-33) Notes © The Australian Strategic Policy Institute Limited 2023 Subject Propaganda, Chinese -- Islands of the Pacific Diplomatic relations. Propaganda, Chinese. SUBJECT China -- Foreign relations -- Islands of the Pacific Islands of the Pacific -- Foreign relations -- China Subject China. Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific. Form Electronic book Author Dunne, Joshua Australian Strategic Policy Institute. International Cyber Policy Centre.

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