Ondřej Klimeš
Ondřej Klimeš is a researcher at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, where he focuses on China and Xinjiang politics, propaganda, and ethnic policy. You can follow him on Twitter @otkur009.
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Articles by Ondřej Klimeš
Borrowed Boats Capsizing: State Security Ties to CCP Propaganda Laundering Rile Czech Public
New revelations on the laundering of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda through local actors in the Czech Republic point to an underresearched aspect of influence operations. The CCP’s tactic of “borrowing...
China’s Xinjiang Propaganda and United Front Work in Turkey: Part Two
Introduction The accelerated repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities inside and outside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) since 2016 has highlighted the Chinese state’s extreme methods of...
The Xinjiang Crisis and Sino-Turkish Relations During the Pandemic: Part One
Introduction Since 2016, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies in Xinjiang have not only shaken the lives of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other groups inside and outside the region, but also heralded...
China’s Tactics for Targeting the Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey
Introduction: Sino-Turkish Relations and the Uyghur Diaspora Relations between Turkey and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been strained by the situation in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang (also...