PhDing at @CSDS_Brussels | US-China-EU, cyber/tech, international security | @SOAS and @PKU1898 alumna | usual disclaimers | she/her
Dec 7, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
🇮🇹 MP Ettore Rosato has just been elected as secretary of the Committee for the security of the Republic (COPASIR), which has parliamentary oversight on IT intelligence work
Rosato is also the last known president of ICC (Institute for Chinese Culture) ilsole24ore.com/art/copasir-gu…
As noted by the @sinopsiscz report, authored by @LauraHarth@jichanglulu and Livia Codarin, ICC's network includes the CCP's International Liason Department, CN government-organized NGOs (GONGOs) working on human rights and cultural promotion, 'Italy-China Friendship Association'
Dec 5, 2022 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
Italian leading business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore yesterday had a 4-pages insert praising Chinese economic strategies and EU-China cooperation
A long 🧵on a crucial yet under-scrutinized phenomenon that is part and parcel of CN FP strategy and shapes the way we talk about China
While this is fairly old news for China watchers, the reactions to the quoted tweet testify that Chinese information manipulation efforts are not discussed enough in the (Italian) public debate
The insert is done in partnership with 经济日报, the Economic Daily
