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The Center for China and Globalization (CCG) is a Chinese think tank based in Beijing. It was founded in 2008 by a committee of the Western Returned Scholars Association 欧美同学会, an organization under the United Front Work Department.
CCG is a member of an alliance of think tanks, coordinated by the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, that support the Belt and Road Initiative.
Significance in Operation CODEPINK campaign
In March 2018, it was announced that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office would be absorbed into the United Front Work Department. With the absorption of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, the UFWD gained full control of the country’s second largest state-run media apparatus, the China News Service.
In 2019, the UFWD partnered with the Cyberspace Administration of China to promote united front work with social media influencers.
In April 2020, Global News reported that UFWD-linked organizations in Canada and other countries were activated in January 2020 to purchase, stockpile, and export [[personal protective equipment] in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CenterforChinaandGlobalization#cite_note-:1-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnitedFrontWorkDepartment#citenote-:0-23
http://www.chinagoabroad.com/en/experts/by-topics-list
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