https://www.hoover.org/ en https://www.hoover.org/events/boiling-moat-event-dc June 4, 2024 June 4, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/events/boiling-moat-event-dc https://www.hoover.org/research/harvard-man-who-became-xi-jinpings-favourite-academic Charles Parton dismantles Harvard academic Graham Allison’s trope about the "Thucydides Trap," a narrative that has grown to be a favorite of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party. Allison’s work shifts responsibility away from Beijing and its aggressive actions and on to Washington to accommodate the PRC’s rise.  Some have accused Allison of being a “useful idiot” in the classic Cold War sense of the term. May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/harvard-man-who-became-xi-jinpings-favourite-academic https://www.hoover.org/research/no-substitute-victory-mike-gallagher-winning-competition-china Former Congressman Gallagher discusses the challenge posed by the PRC. May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/no-substitute-victory-mike-gallagher-winning-competition-china https://www.hoover.org/research/defending-taiwan-roadmap-urgent-policy-steps-prevent-war Former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger and the UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat discuss how to deter the PRC from attacking Taiwan. (Starts at minute 13:39) May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/defending-taiwan-roadmap-urgent-policy-steps-prevent-war https://www.hoover.org/research/investigating-chinas-illegal-operations-foreign-soil For the first time ever, a former spy for the PRC’s notorious secret police – one of the most powerful arms of the country’s intelligence apparatus – goes public, exposing the covert and illegal operations he was ordered to carry out on foreign soil and the dissidents he was tasked with tracking, including in Australia, Canada, India, Cambodia and Thailand. May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/investigating-chinas-illegal-operations-foreign-soil https://www.hoover.org/research/vaticans-gamble-beijing-costing-chinas-catholics Pope Francis negotiated a 2018 agreement allowing cooperation between the Vatican and Beijing on appointing bishops, aiming to prevent schism.  The deal remains secret but it has resulted in undermining religious freedom in the PRC and led many to believe that the Pope and the Vatican has abandoned Chinese Catholics to the Chinese Communist Party. May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/vaticans-gamble-beijing-costing-chinas-catholics https://www.hoover.org/research/lending-prestige-persecution-how-foreign-judges-are-undermining-hong-kongs-freedoms-and The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation argues that it is time for the nine foreign non-permanent judges (“NPJs”) serving on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal (CFA) to step down and resign their positions.  The nine judges from Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom provide Hong Kong with the veneer of judicial legitimacy that has been destroyed by Beijing over the past four years. May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/lending-prestige-persecution-how-foreign-judges-are-undermining-hong-kongs-freedoms-and https://www.hoover.org/research/chinese-woman-jailed-reporting-covid-set-be-freed Zhang Zhan, thought to be the first person in China imprisoned for documenting the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, was expected to be released on Monday, after serving a four-year sentence.  No one has heard from her since. May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/chinese-woman-jailed-reporting-covid-set-be-freed https://www.hoover.org/research/china-overseas-students-face-harassment-and-surveillance-campaign-transnational-repression Chinese students in Europe and North America report intimidation and surveillance by Chinese authorities to stifle political activism, according to Amnesty International. Families in China are threatened, and students are followed and photographed at protests. Universities and governments are urged to protect academic freedom and human rights. May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/china-overseas-students-face-harassment-and-surveillance-campaign-transnational-repression https://www.hoover.org/research/articles-taiwan-vietnam-trade-india-hong-kong-democracy-global-innovation-and-tiktok This section collects opinion pieces from across the world commenting on the harms caused by the activities of the Chinese Communist Party and provides insight into the various solutions that experts and leaders suggest we pursue to protect our interests. May 19, 2024 May 19, 2024 https://www.hoover.org/research/articles-taiwan-vietnam-trade-india-hong-kong-democracy-global-innovation-and-tiktok