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According to the Centre for European Policy Analysis, China spends up to $10 billion annually on international propaganda. That is not soft power: it is sharp power, designed to erode trust, manipulate information and bend foreign societies toward the CCP’s interests. With all we now know about the PRC’s global ambitions and influence operations, are we really prepared to allow a known intermediary of Beijing—a man described by Chinese state media as “a modern-day Kissinger”—to acquire a seat at the table of one of Britain’s most influential newspapers? To allow that would be the abdication of our duty to Parliament, democracy and the people we serve.