Hannah Bailey
hannahlsbailey.bsky.social
Hannah Bailey
@hannahlsbailey.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon
DPhil (PhD) from University of Oxford
Research areas include: disinformation, NLP/CV, computational social science and authoritarian influence campaigns and global AI governance
We keep saying China is on a collision course with the US.

But what if China is not heading for war, but running a campaign?

In a new article, Todd Hall and I argue China acts as a global opposition party, using institutions, coalitions, and messaging to win influence.

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2026.2620294#d1e156
t.co
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Reposted by Hannah Bailey
What does China want? Read the latest from Todd Hall and CMIST's Hannah Bailey on why China gives conflicting signals and how their foreign policy can be better understood as reflecting the interplay of three international personas. https://ow.ly/Aj8P50XKxOb
What Does China Want? Depends Which China You’re Talking About.
China gives conflicting signals because it has three different “personas”: Moral China, Defensive-Assertive China, and Striving China.
ow.ly
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Are we falling into an AI trust trap? See my piece in Tech Policy Press
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reposted by Hannah Bailey
Why does China give conflicting signals? In @thediplomat.com, Todd Hall and CMIST's @hannahlsbailey.bsky.social argue that China’s seemingly inconsistent foreign policy can be better understood as reflecting the interplay of three international personas. Read more: thediplomat.com/2025/12/what...
What Does China Want? Depends Which China You’re Talking About.
China gives conflicting signals because it has three different “personas”: Moral China, Defensive-Assertive China, and Striving China.
thediplomat.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Excited to be speaking at this event on Friday! @cmist-cmu.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM