Gogi Kamushadze
Wolves in Hamburg; defiance in Beijing; mystery in Warsaw
Hello, and welcome to China Influence Monitor, a weekly newsletter published by CEPA and Coda Story and edited by me, Edward Lucas. We track the westward footprint of China’s influence operations, and their effects on politics, economies, societies and alliances across Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia and Europe.
In this issue: Wolf-Warrior prizes; vaccine diplomacy update; border woes in Central Asia
WOLF-WARRIOR WATCH
First prize this week goes to the Chinese consulate in Hamburg for unleashing the ire of the party-state on…a children’s storybook. “Ein Corona Regenbogen für Anna und Moritz,” a primer on the pandemic, dared to say that the coronavirus originated in, and first spread, in China.