Ryan Fedasiuk

Ryan Fedasiuk is a Research Analyst at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). His work focuses on military applications of emerging technologies, and on China's efforts to acquire foreign technical information.

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A Different Kind of Army: The Militarization of China’s Internet Trolls

04.12.2021 Ryan Fedasiuk

Introduction The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) believes it is engaged in a global struggle for China’s “image sovereignty” (形象主权 xingxiang zhuquan).[1] Party leaders recognize that...

Publication China Brief China

Buying Silence: The Price of Internet Censorship in China

01.12.2021 Ryan Fedasiuk

Introduction On Monday, November 12, 2018, the recently-appointed director of China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (CAC) Zhuang Rongwen (庄荣文) summoned senior executives from WeChat and...

Publication China Brief

Putting Money in the Party’s Mouth: How China Mobilizes Funding for United Front Work

09.16.2020 Ryan Fedasiuk

Introduction Over the past two years, a series of government and think tank reports have shed light on the united front, the collection of organizations...

Publication China Brief