🧵(thread) For what it's worth - noting I work @ASPI_org in @ASPI_ICPC - I thought this article was interesting & I've been waiting for it to come out. I didn't agree with parts of it, sure, but scrutiny is important. Two issues stood out to me..

https://twitter.com/myriamrobin/status/1228462264061054976

@ASPI_org @ASPI_ICPC (besides the title which - as much as I wish think tanks were that influential & mainstream - seems to credit us with swaying public opinion as opposed to the Chinese state itself. Check out the @LowyInstitute poll for data on Australia's public shift: lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…).

NEW (unplanned!) @ASPI_ICPC report out this morning - Preliminary Analysis of PRC-linked Information Operations targeting the Hong Kong protests using data @Twitter published online 19 August
aspi.org.au/report/tweetin… .@JakeWallis_ASPI, @tomatospy & @elisethoma5 found the information operation targeted at Hong Kong appear to have been a relatively small and hastily assembled operation rather than a sophisticated information campaign planned well in advance. However our research also found...

New HUGE @ASPI_ICPC project just launched online: Mapping China's #Tech Giants. It represents 5mths work from 6+ of our analysts (& is why I've been more terrible than usual on email of late..).

Check out our new website chinatechmap.aspi.org.au .@ASPI_ICPC put this site + public database together to help fill a research gap. In 2018 we had non-stop Qs from international media & stakeholders we couldn't answer: "What is Huawei, Tencent, Baidu, CETC etc doing in X country?" They were always very difficult Qs to answer