China’s Strategy of Democratic Paralysis

Part five: The war before the war

A U.S. Navy fighter jet approaches to land on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), a missile cruiser and a nuclear-powered submarine during Exercise Malabar 2015, some 152 miles off eastern coast of Chennai, India, on Oct. 17, 2015. Arun Sankar K./AP Photo

This is a segment of a six-part series analyzing how the Chinese regime conducts its modern influence operations. Read part one here, part two here, part three here, and part four here.

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