China's Efforts to Shape the Information Environment in Laos

Abstract

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has embarked on a campaign to shape what audiences around the world read, hear, and watch about China. This report is part of a series of reports that examine Beijings efforts to influence the media environment in the neighboring Mekong countriesLaos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand. This report focuses on Chinas efforts to shape the information environment of its neighbor, Vietnam. In order to place China's efforts into context, this report begins by providing an overview of Vietnams information environmentthe aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that play a key role in shaping opinions through the dissemination of news and information. Next, this report examines each of the ways that China attempts to shape the information environment in Vietnam in order to promote its preferred narratives. This report concludes with a brief discussion of issues to consider as Vietnams information environmentand Chinas footprint thereevolves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1145693

Entities

People

  • Heidi Holz
  • Ryan Loomis

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Broadcasting
  • Chinese Language
  • Commerce
  • Economic Development
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Internet
  • Law
  • Mobile Application Software
  • National Security
  • Radio Equipment
  • Social Media
  • Southeast Asia
  • Students

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.