China training Global South in 'authoritarian' ways, report says

NEW YORK -- China has been exporting its governance model and Communist Party ideology to developing countries through training programs run under the guise of a business academy, according to a new report by the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub.

The report says 795 online seminars were funded by the Chinese government in 2021 and 2022 pushing an overall message that authoritarian control is essential for economic development. The findings are based on over 1,000 documents from the Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO), an educational institution run by China's Ministry of Commerce.