【英文】政治前线报告：中国在非洲寻求影响力报告（92页）

英文研究报告 2022年06月24日 07:47 管理员

As observed in Western democracies, political infuence activities can take many forms, from “routine cultural diplomacy to purchasing political favors and silencing critics.” Other noted activities include “securing access to strategic information and resources,”“repurposing” democratic structures as tools serving the CCP’s policies,and “increasing the CCP’s political infuence, interfering in the Chinese diaspora, suppressing dissident movements, building a permissive international environment for a takeover of Taiwan, intelligence gathering, encouraging investment in China, and facilitating technology transfer.” Te scope of united front work has evolved to keep up with the CCP’s varying priorities, but its main task and basic framework remain unchanged.

Put simply, it seeks to form tactical alliances to engineer an environment that is favorable to the advancement of the party-state’s goals, while marginalizing and neutralizing those who may stand in its way. In Xi Jinping’s words, united front is about drawing the broadest possible concentric circle around the party. Accordingly, the CCP “wants to expand united front work to make maximum use of all Chinese talent, both domestic and among the Chinese diaspora as well as from any others who might be willing to assist.” Managing overseas Chinese communities, co-opting foreigners, and infuencing the perception of wider audiences are equally important to achieve the broadening of the CCP’s supporting circle.As Mareike Ohlberg explains in the opening essay of this report, the same basic framework is applied throughout Africa, where united front organizations and tactics are deployed to serve the CCP’s strategic objectives both at the global and local levels. Her meticulous description of united front organizations active in Africa sheds a unique light on their characteristics, targets, tactics, and objectives.