Western smear Illustration: Liu Rui/GT
Recently, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has faced “a cut in funding” after the US government suspended its financial support. Earlier, ASPI’s head of China investigations and analysis published an article warning that the funding freeze would plunge the anti-China ecosystem “in crisis” and urged the US or other donors to continue supporting relevant operations. This has culminated in an absurd farce, where anti-China forces – once merely puppets – are now openly lamenting their lack of funds after their strings have been cut. This debacle not only strips away the pretense of “independence and objectivity” from certain think tanks, but also fully exposes the chain of “cognitive…
