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China: A major new research paper by Anne-Marie Brady delves into Beijing’s aggressive political influence operations worldwide, using New Zealand as a particularly troubling case study. (Summary here). (Wilson Center, NZ Herald)
Bannon in Beijing: Steve Bannon secretly met with Wang Qishan, China’s anti-graft chief and the Party’s second most powerful official. (FT)
Russia probe: Skadden, a major New York law firm, is facing questions over its work in Ukraine for Paul Manafort. Facebook will turn over thousands of Russian-bought advertisements to Congress. (NYT, WaPo)
Anonymous companies: Attorneys Peter Hardy and Juliana Garrick break down the proposed Corporate Transparency Act, which takes aim at U.S. anonymous companies. The Act would impose the same reporting requirements on formation agents as other financial institutions. (National Law Review)
Ukraine: Igor Kolomoisky’s reward for allegedly stealing $1.8 billion? Cypriot and EU citizenship. Who pays for it? Ordinary Ukrainians, writes Daria Kaleniuk. (Kyiv Post)
North Korea: The White House imposed sweeping new sanctions against third parties dealing with Pyongyang. (Kim’s response: “I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.”) (NYT, NBC)
Compiled by Nate Sibley.
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