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The Communist Party of China is working to deepen its influence around the world in order to fuel its "China Dream" of global preeminence by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the Communist revolution.


The stories and multi-media reports in this hub document the often hidden, multiyear, multi-prong efforts by the CCP to achieve "national rejuvenation," a quest carried out through granular influence-building in politics, technology acquisition, and making China a "magnet" of global production with the world largely dependent on its supplies. The stories include features and interviews from our "Covert China" series, as well as related articles. Collectively, they pose the important question: Where is this journey taking us—and at what cost?

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