‘Fighting Us on a Daily Basis’: Expert Sounds Alarm on CCP’s Political Warfare

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers taking part in military training in the Pamir Mountains in Kashgar, in China's Xinjiang region, on Jan. 4, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Propaganda. Censorship. Disinformation. Espionage. Blackmail. Bribes. Sexual enticement. Coercion. Assassination. Kidnapping. Physical attacks. Gang violence. Cyber attacks. Malign influence campaigns.

These are just some of the weapons used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its all-encompassing war against the free world, according to Kerry Gershaneck, author of the 2020 book (pdf) “Political Warfare: Strategies for Combating China’s Plan to ‘Win Without Fighting.’”