Chinese diplomats even go after Children books: China gets German children's book about COVID withdrawn<p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/china-gets-german-childrens-book-about-covid-withdrawn/a-56874633" rel="nofollow">https://www.dw.com/en/china-gets-german-childrens-book-about...</a><p>"The Chinese consulate in Hamburg promptly threatened the Carlsen publishing house with filing criminal charges, demanding the recall of the book as well as a public apology."
They've also used influence to keep the Dalai Lama and others from speaking, it's kind of the opposite side of the cancel culture phenomena. The wikipedia article has dozens of examples of China trying to influence local/national politics under the guise of the "Confucius Institutes". <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Confucius_Institutes" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Confucius_Institu...</a>
Australia is riddled with this kind of Chinese pressure, particularly at universities.<p>My university went as far as to install an ugly out of place confucious statue. This was followed by being pressured to cancel a talk from the Dalai Llama. Then more recently PRC supporting students engaged in suppression of pro Hong Kong students with no consequences.
The CCP regularly uses pressure, including torture, to get their way.<p><a href="https://bitterwinter.org/new-tortures-target-church-of-almighty-god-members/" rel="nofollow">https://bitterwinter.org/new-tortures-target-church-of-almig...</a>