China deploying coercive diplomacy against foreign governments and firms, reveals report

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is increasingly deploying coercive diplomacy against foreign governments and companies. The CCP, particularly under the leadership of Xi Jinping, has made it increasingly clear that the party ‘leads everything’ and is in strict control of the country through its ‘ideology’ and ‘structural system. A report published by Australian Strategic Policy Institute on “The Chinese communist Party’s coercive diplomacy”  tracks the CCP’s use of coercive diplomacy over the past 10 years, recording 152 cases of coercive diplomacy affecting 27 countries as well as the European Union.