Czech Report Highlights CCP’s Covert Operations to Influence Academia and Politics

Communist China ‘poses a fundamental threat’ to the Czech Republic, Prague’s’s intelligence agency says

Lawmaker delivers a speech to the Czech parliament in Prague on March 27, 2018. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images

A Czech national intelligence agency report highlights the Chinese regime’s covert operations, including using fake LinkedIn identities and offering money to gather information and build a network of influencers in the Czech Republic to further its interests.

China “poses a fundamental threat to the Euro-Atlantic civilization, including the Czech Republic,” the Czech Security Information Service said in its annual report published on Sept. 12.