A World Safe for the Party: China’s Authoritarian Influence and the Democratic Response

China’s mounting economic engagement with countries across the developing world remains the foundation of its leverage and influence. Chinese investment and trade are critical for many developing economies, but Chinese entities’ business and negotiating practices frequently produce negative consequences for recipient countries’ finances and democracy. China is also instrumentalizing the opacity and corruption that define many asymmetric deals with willing local governments to achieve strategic advantages in key countries.

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