China's Propaganda and Influence Operations, its Intelligence Activities that Target the United States and the Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security

Today, we will examine issues related to the Chinese government's propaganda directed at foreign audiences, its alleged efforts to exert influence over U.S. institutions and U.S. public opinion, and its espionage and cyber espionage activities directed against the United States. We're going to be talking about things that all governments do in one form or another. Governments seek to influence public opinion: that of their own people and that of others. Governments apparently like to be loved as much as people like to be loved. What we are trying to understand today is how the Chinese do it, what tactics they employ, and to some extent what the results are?