Summary of Clive Hamilton & Mareike Ohlberg's Hidden Hand

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#1 The threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party affects the right of all to live without fear. As Beijing is emboldened by the feebleness of resistance, its tactics of coercion and intimidation are being used against an increasingly broad spectrum of people.

#2 The distinction between the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese people is important to understand that the contest between China and the West is not a clash of civilizations, as has been claimed, but between the repressive values and practices of the CCP and the freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

#3 Many people in the West downplay or deny the threat posed by the CCP, because they are financially interested in having a good relationship with China. They also forget how totalitarianism can overpower human rights.

#4 The Chinese Communist Party is determined to transform the international order, and it has been eroding resistance to it from within by winning supporters, silencing critics, and subverting institutions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822520912

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Insights on Clive Hamilton & Mareike Ohlberg's Hidden Hand

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party affects the right of all to live without fear. As Beijing is emboldened by the feebleness of resistance, its tactics of coercion and intimidation are being used against an increasingly broad spectrum of people.

#2

The distinction between the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese people is important to understand that the contest between China and the West is not a clash of civilizations, as has been claimed, but between the repressive values and practices of the CCP and the freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

#3

Many people in the West downplay or deny the threat posed by the CCP, because they are financially interested in having a good relationship with China. They also forget how totalitarianism can overpower human rights.

#4

The Chinese Communist Party is determined to transform the international order, and it has been eroding resistance to it from within by winning supporters, silencing critics, and subverting institutions.

#5

China has become the world’s master practitioner of the dark arts of economic statecraft. They have been systematically violating the principles of international economic engagement, and getting away with it.

#6

The BRI is the most powerful vehicle by which Beijing is changing the postwar international order. It is a Sinocentric world, meaning the one envisioned by the hawks who have risen to the top leadership positions. They view a China-led world order as an essential part of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese people.

#7

The BRI is about the projection of power through controlling the terms of the debate. It no longer makes sense to confine discussion of the BRI to business and economics, because it sprouts everywhere, from the Silk Road network of think tanks, media agreements, and ties between cultural institutions.

#8

The Chinese government has been trying to export its ideology overseas, but many in the West are questioning the effectiveness of democracy and instead admire China’s authoritarian government.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Chinese Party-state frequently uses the term McCarthyism to accuse its critics of having a Cold War mindset. But the leadership of the CCP itself is the epitome of a Cold