Hidden Hand (book)

{{Short description|2020 non-fiction book by Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg}}

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| name = Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping the World

| author = Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg

| language = English

| country = Australia

| genre = Non-fiction

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| publisher = Hardie Grant (Australia), Optimum Publishing International (North America).

| isbn = 9781743795576

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| subject = Chinese Communist Party's influence operations, Australia–China relations{{cite web | url=https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/hidden-hand-by-clive-hamilton/9781743795576 |date= | accessdate=2020-10-24 | title=Hidden Hand}}

| set_in = Australia and the People's Republic of China

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| pub_date = 4 May 2020

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| pages = 448

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| isbn_note = (Paperback)

| oclc = 1150166864

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| preceded_by = Silent Invasion: China's influence in Australia

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Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping the World is a 2020 book by Australians Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg, and is a follow-up of Hamilton's 2018 book Silent Invasion. The book details the claim of "the Chinese Communist Party's global program of influence and subversion, and the threat it poses to democracy".{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2020 |title=Book, Report Spark Concern Over China's UK Elite Influence Operations |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/influence-07172020112929.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Radio Free Asia |language=en}}

The book details what the authors describe as "the nature and extent of the Chinese Communist Party's influence operations across the Western world – in politics, business, universities, think tanks and international institutions such as the UN. This new authoritarian power is using democracy to undermine democracy in pursuit of its global ambitions".{{cite book | url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/hidden-hand-clive-hamilton/book/9781743795576.html |date= | accessdate=2020-10-24 | title=Hidden Hand}}

Andrew Podger wrote in his book review in The Conversation that while it was extremely detailed, it was not a balanced and scholarly document. He said that while Hamilton and Ohlberg wanted to respond to Chinese influence by rejecting liberal economics and strengthening democratic politics, what was needed was actually a combination of both.{{Cite web|last=Podger|first=Andrew|title=Book Review: Hidden Hand – Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World|url=http://theconversation.com/book-review-hidden-hand-exposing-how-the-chinese-communist-party-is-reshaping-the-world-142058|access-date=2021-12-01|website=The Conversation|date=10 July 2020 |language=en}}