%T Frontier influencers: the new face of China’s propaganda %A Fergus Ryan %A Daria Impiombato %A Hsi-Ting Pai %I International Cyber Policy Centre %D 2022 %K Social media, %K Digital communications, %K Authoritarian control, %K Relations with China, %K Propaganda, %K Misinformation %U https://apo.org.au/node/320121 %X This report explores how the Chinese party-state’s globally focused propaganda and disinformation capabilities are evolving and increasing in sophistication. Concerningly, this emerging approach by the Chinese party-state to influence international discourse on China, including obfuscating its record of human rights violations, is largely flying under the radar of US social media platforms and western policy-makers. %9 Policy report