Hidden Hand (book)

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

Author	Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg
Country	Australia
Language	English
Subject	Chinese Communist Party's influence operations, Australia–China relations[1]
Genre	Non-fiction
Set in	Australia and the People's Republic of China
Publisher	Hardie Grant (Australia), Optimum Publishing International (North America).
Publication date	4 May 2020
Pages	448
ISBN	9781743795576 (Paperback)
OCLC	1150166864
Preceded by	Silent Invasion: China's influence in Australia[1]
Website	Hidden Hand (book) at the Internet Archive

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".^[1][2]

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".^[3]

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.^[4]