They also have put significant investment into media, especially towards controlling anything Chinese language. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/beijing

They also have put significant investment into media, especially towards controlling anything Chinese language. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/beijing-controls-chinese-language-media-agencies-in-australia-says-intel-agency-20201202-p56k10.html https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/beijing-controls-chi... And universities are targeted for both students and lecturers. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57647418 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57647418 Personally I feel this behaviour is counter productive to Chinese interests long term as in an open society these actions become public. For any good it does, it will also generate mistrust, ill feeling and potentially by extreme groups as leverage for fear/hate.