Optimum Publishing International Book Launch Announcement
Hidden Hand, Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World
By Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg
Foreword by Charles Burton
Book Launch June 25, 4:00 P.M. EST via Teleconference with Macdonald Laurier Institute
Hard Cover $39.95 | 432 Pages | Publication Date: July 3, 2020
TORONTO, June 15, 2020 /CNW/ - With its enormous economic power and technological resources, China is now a global political and military force engaged in an ideological struggle with the West. This new authoritarian power, unlike any other the West has faced, is using democracy to undermine democracy in pursuit of its global ambitions.
Combining a mass of evidence with unique insights, Hamilton and Ohlberg lay bare the nature and extent of the Chinese Communist Party's influence operations in Western countries – in politics, business, universities, think tanks and international institutions like the UN. The CCP's influence in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy receives special attention in this seminal book.
"This is the most comprehensive global approach to the subject of the infiltration of CCP into governments in the West. The passage about the former ambassador, John McCallum, is golden." Charles Burton, Senior Fellow Macdonald Laurier Institute
In this world-first expose the Chinese Communist Party's covert and sophisticated global program of influence and subversion, the authors combine meticulous research with compelling prose to bring to light China's threats to democratic freedoms and national sovereignty across Europe and North America – and show how we might push back against its growing influence.
In Canada, united front work encompasses a broad spectrum of activity, from espionage to foreign interference influence and engagement. The footprint of united front activity in Canada can be seen in how the Liberal government has reacted to China's aggressive diplomacy. With large political donations and united front agents in positions of influence, the Liberal Party has been soft peddling on China's human rights abuses and reluctance even to say the word "Taiwan" in public. Hidden Hand is particularly revealing about the way the Chinese Communist Party has mobilised elements of the Chinese diaspora in Canada to carry out its political work.
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Hard Cover 39.95 Book Pub date July 3.
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Clive Hamilton is also the author of international bestseller Silent Invasion with over 100,000 copies sold in 5 languages.
About the Authors
Clive Hamilton
Clive is an Australian academic and author. His book on China's influence in Australia, Silent Invasion, was a national bestseller that propelled him to the centre of the China debate at home and abroad. Clive has written numerous bestselling books spanning thirty years in academia. His articles have appeared in the Guardian, New York Times, Foreign Affairs and THES.
Mareike Ohlberg, Author
Mareike is a senior fellow in the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund. She previously worked at the Mercator Institute for China Studies. Her articles have been published in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs and Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Charles Burton, Foreword
Charles is Associate Professor at Brock University specializing in Comparative Politics, Government and Politics of China, Canada-China Relations and Human Rights. He served as Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy to China between 1991-1993 and 1998-2000. Prior to coming to Brock, Charles worked at the Communications Security Establishment of the Canadian Department of National Defence.
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Former Ambassador to China, David Mulroney
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