Preview: Concerns are mounting in Washington and other capitals around the globe about the negative aspects of China’s growing power and reach. Beyond pursuing economic and military competition, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government also seek to contend in the realm of image and ideas by extending and intensifying its influence—some would say interference—abroad. […] Left unchecked, China’s influence activities could undermine aspects of the international rules-based order, weaken alliance solidarity, erode trust in U.S. leadership, legitimize the PRC’s authoritarian system of government, and induce the acceptance of Beijing’s policy preferences on such issues as its territorial disputes with neighbors and the legitimacy of CCP rule. This would ultimately contribute to a strategic environment that is far more favorable to Chinese interests.