China is offering training programs for dictators around the world,
molding them into the Chinese Communist Party’s own image.
Welcome to China Uncensored. I’m Chris Chappell.
The Chinese Communist Party is a brutal communist authoritarian
regime that uses rape as a form of torture.
Also… hello. I’m… not the best at small talk or icebreakers.
And they are more than happy to export that model to the rest of the world.
Behind closed doors, China’s expanding political training programs
that promote authoritarian governance across the Global South.
And it’s every bit as nefarious as it sounds.
Niva Yau , an expert who specializes in Chinese-Central Asian relations,
obtained hundreds of files from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce
dating back to 2021 and 2022
to show what China’s been up to.
The files she shared show how, in China’s own words,
the CCP’s aim is to encourage sympathy to Chinese narratives
and to help countries adapt Chinese practices.
So… less an exchange of ideas
and more organized propaganda.
I get those two things confused all the time, too!
As an example, this Seminar on National Governance
for Presidential Advisers of Developing Countries
straight up says it aims to “introduce the contents,
principles and values of ‘Xi Jinping:
The Governance of China’” Volumes 1 to 3 to developing countries.
In other words, China’s actual main export
to these countries is indoctrination.
It goes on.
“The project aims to equip head-of-state senior advisers
and cabinet members of developing countries
with a comprehensive understanding
of China’s national governance practices and capacities,
with a particular focus on practices of social mobilization and management.”
Which is a fancy way of saying
lockdowns and anti-protest crackdowns.
Why it takes three volumes to teach that,
I have no idea.
I just summarized it in one sentence.
Brevity is the soul of wit, you dolts!
But what China really wants
is what communists always want: control.
According to the report,
the objective is “to expand the international influence
of the modernized governance system of China.”
Yes. The very same “modernized governance system”
that commits genocide…
Has built a massive surveillance state
And bullies smaller nations with axes and knives.
Sounds super modern.
If we were living in the dark ages.
The ultimate goal, of course, is obvious:
a Global South that does whatever the CCP wants whenever it wants it.
Another example of China’s training programs
is this Seminar on New Media for Belt and Road countries.
It aims to analyze “China’s media integration and innovation theories”,
share “news writing, program creation, and material collection” practices,
and “promote common media development”.
In other words, to teach other nations
how to become like the biggest jailer of journalists!
There are lots of other concepts in these training programs
that sound eerily Orwellian
when you think about who’s doing the teaching.
“introducing Chinese university governance model –
led by the CPC party committee”?
Sounds like teaching how to have direct party control over academia.
“Intelligent monitoring” and “Smart city infrastructure sensors”?
Need I say more?
This course is great for anyone who read 1984 and thought, “Okay,
but how can I become Big Brother?!”
Good rule of thumb, whenever you see the word “management”
for anything connected to communism, think “control”.
So when the seminar aims “to explore population development and management”...
Well, we can guess what they mean.
What’s really interesting is that these training programs
don’t seem to be just
about promoting Chinese authoritarianism.
They seem to have another purpose:
helping China spy on the countries it’s teaching.
Which is shocking, I know.
This program about how to spy on our citizens is spying on us?
How could I have seen this coming?
I better finish this program to help me figure it out!
The worst part is, it isn’t even really spying.
Because the officials in these nations
are personally handing the information to China…in regular reports.
“Foreign officials are asked to write about current developments in their country
related to the training subject,
their country’s current cooperation and partnership
with other countries
on that subject,
and potential ideas for collaboration with the PRC on that subject.”
What an ingenious way to get people to provide intelligence.
Just assign homework!
Beyond just receiving the inside scoop
on current affairs in these countries,
China can easily use these kinds of reports
to identify who would be most willing to work with it
. And even who might be the most bribable.
That’s not all.
China can also use these seminars
to gain further access to sensitive information
while teaching participants about security sensitive topics.
Oh, and would you look at that?
China offers training on information security technology and port management.
This gives a whole new meaning to teachers learning from their students.
In the end, China’s number one goal
isn’t really to promote
economic and social prosperity
to other countries like it claims.
Its top priority is to promote CCP dominance
and to make everybody bow before it as the world’s role model.
But as long as the CCP stays in power,
even countries friendly with China will get screwed over.
The CCP hates it when I scrutinize what China does abroad.
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Once again, I’m Chris Chappell. Thanks for watching China Uncensored.