{"id":58688,"date":"2020-08-28T16:23:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T06:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=58688"},"modified":"2020-08-28T16:23:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T06:23:28","slug":"policy-guns-and-money-chinas-talent-recruitment-extremism-and-vaccine-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/policy-guns-and-money-chinas-talent-recruitment-extremism-and-vaccine-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy, Guns and Money: China\u2019s talent recruitment, extremism and vaccine disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this episode, Alex Joske and Danielle Cave of ASPI\u2019s International Cyber Policy Centre speak about Alex\u2019s report<\/a>, Hunting the Phoenix: The Chinese Communist Party\u2019s global search for technology and talent<\/em>, which examines China\u2019s global recruitment programs for researchers and scientists. They talk about the scale of the programs and how governments can shape their policy responses to them.<\/p>\n

ICPC researcher Elise Thomas and intern Albert Zhang then give a rundown on their latest report<\/a>, which looks at disinformation about a Covid-19 vaccine that emerged from pro-Russian media in eastern Ukraine and managed to make its way across international social media networks.<\/p>\n

And the head of ASPI\u2019s counterterrorism program, Leanne Close, speaks to author and researcher Julia Ebner about her book<\/a>, Going dark: The secret social lives of extremists<\/em>. They discuss right-wing extremism and Julia details her experiences going undercover to engage with extremist groups and individuals.<\/p>\n