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News Media Reports on Study by Ralph Weber on Chinese Networks in Switzerland
Prof. Ralph Weber's study ”Unified Message, Rhizomatic Delivery” has been reported on by several news media outlets, namely the Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag, Radio RSI, Swissinfo, the Norwegian online newspaper Document.no and the Danish Jyllands-Posten. The work unearths networks of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Switzerland which are exerting influence and aiming to establish a positive image of China in the country.
Ralph Weber’s study was published on 18 December 2020 by Sinopsis, a project implemented by the non-profit association AcaMedia z.ú., in scholarly collaboration with the Department of Sinology at Charles University in Prague.
Ralph Weber is Associate Professor of European Global Studies at the Institute for European Global Studies. He specializes in Political Theory, Chinese Politics, and modern Confucianism. Currently, he is the President of the European Association for Chinese Philosophy and the Chair of the Section on Political Theory in the Swiss Political Science Association.
Further Information
- Download the study: ”Unified Message, Rhizomatic Delivery: A Preliminary Analysis of PRC/CCP Influence and the United Front in Switzerland”
- Read online: ”Wie China Einfluss auf den Gewerbeverband nimmt”, NZZ am Sonntag, December 19, 2020 (Paywall)
- Listen online: ”L'ingenuità svizzera verso la Cina”, Radio RSI, December 22, 2020
- Read online: ”China has too much influence over Switzerland, finds study”, Swissinfo, December 20, 2020
- Read online: ”Rapport viser at Kina har for stor innflytelse i Sveits”, Document.no, December 20, 2020
- Read online: ”Metoderne fra Riget i Midten spreder sig i Alpelandet”, Jyllands-Posten, December 22, 2020