Communist China Seeks to Influence European Elections Amid Tensions With US: Report

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) became “increasingly sophisticated and active” in its efforts to influence European elections and policy making, a Czech study has found. “China, though newer to electoral interference in Europe compared to Russia, is increasingly sophisticated and active in its attempts to influence European elections and decision-making through various means, including political influence, information manipulation, bribery and espionage,” researchers said in a recent report from the Association for International Affairs, a Prague-based think tank. The study comes just days before the European Parliament election. Almost 400 million voters across Europe are preparing to head to the polls from June 6 to 9 to choose lawmakers to represent them in the European Parliament for the next five years....