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This document describes the global trend of authoritarian regimes sharing "worst practices" to restrict NGOs, a tactic pioneered by Russia and adopted by others to limit civil society autonomy and foreign funding. It specifically details China's 2016 law regulating foreign NGOs, which introduced strict bureaucratic hurdles and police oversight amidst a broader crackdown on Western influence and human rights activists.

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Name Role Context
Xi Jinping
Yuan Guiren
Peter Dahlin

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Cold War
Color revolutions
Adoption of China's 2016 NGO law
Arrest and televised confession of Peter Dahlin

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"modern authoritarian regimes have turned this concept on its head by sharing their own experiences with laws and tactics that have the effect of retarding democratic development."
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"the Venezuelan Supreme Court spoke of foreign assistance as 'a typical manifestation of the interventionist policies of a foreign power to influence the internal affairs of the Venezuelan state.'"
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"The law gives the police sweeping powers to detain staff, restrict activities or events, or regulate an NGO’s ability to open an office."
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"Xinhua claimed that the activist, Peter Dahlin, had served a human rights organization that 'hired and trained others to gather, fabricate, and distort information about China.'"
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