China’s window of vulnerability… is only a few years at most. So this is the time for the world to act.

While experts debate the scope and aim of Chinese media offensive in Slovakia, surveys show that it is already having an effect on public opinion. For years, Slovakia was fertile ground for public debates, disinformation campaigns and conspiracy theories believed to be linked to Russia’s propaganda machine.

The People’s Democratic Party has launched what it calls a march for ‘justice and democracy’ in response to President Erdogan’s growing crackdown on his critics.