2022/12/09 04:00
[Asiantaeth Newyddion Canolog]The civic organization “Taiwan Democracy Lab” which focuses on issues such as information warfare and democratic resilience has today released the “China Influence Index” covering 82 countries and regions. The degree to which China influences the field is first.
The Taiwan Democracy Laboratory launched the “China In The World” (CITW) project in 2019, connecting hundreds of researchers and stakeholders in various fields to examine China’s influence in various countries and regions and information warfare activities, and released the “China Influence Index” (China Index) in an attempt to raise awareness of issues in the international community and provide direction for decision making and action.
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The new index was launched today at an international conference in Berlin organized with the German Marshall Fund. The index comprehensively considers China’s influence in nine areas including academics, domestic politics, economy, foreign policy, law enforcement, media, military, society, and science and technology, with a total of 99 indicators.
In the overall ranking covering 82 countries and regions, the top 30 in the “China Influence Index” are Pakistan, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Peru and South Africa tied for fifth, followed by the Philippines , Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Malaysia, and Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Egypt, Tanzania, Germany, Ghana, United States, Kenya, Panama, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Mexico , Georgia, Chile.
Taiwan ranks 11th in the world overall, but first in the “China Influence Index” in the two main areas of media and society, surpassing the other 81 countries and regions.
In terms of regions, Southeast Asia has the highest “China Influence Index”, followed by Central Asia. However, in the regional classification of “East Asia and Southeast Asia” which includes Taiwan, the “China Influence Index” of South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan is lower than Taiwan.
It is worth noting that in Europe, the “China Influence Index” ranked from high to low are Germany, United Kingdom, Georgia, Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Ukraine , Armenia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Belarus, Austria, Moldova, Poland, Estonia, Netherlands, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Montenegro, Latvia, Albania , North Macedonia. This may be slightly different from the image presented by the media.
Taiwan Democracy Lab pointed out that the research results of the “China Influence Index” show that China’s implementation of various relationship networks is more effective in promoting the “Friendship with China” policy of target countries and regions than coercion.
In addition, the share of imports originating in China in total imports from a given country and region is highly positively correlated with the overall “China Influence Index”. The number of Chinese students studying abroad has a significant positive correlation with the “China Influence Index” in the academic field.
It is worth noting that when the gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP per capita of a given country and region are higher, and the level of corruption is lower, China is more inclined to exert influence by exerting pressure. That is, when the efficiency of the corruption profit network is low, China tends to resort to coercion and other high-pressure methods. (Editor: Yang Zhaoyan) 1111209
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