Taiwan Roundtable: Lawfare, Information, and Influence: China’s Toolbox for Shaping Cross-Strait Engagement

Scholarly and policy debates surrounding cross-Strait relations have increasingly expanded to examine the broader range of political, legal, informational, and social instruments employed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to shape Taiwan’s sociopolitical environment and foreign relations. This panel explores how Beijing’s contemporary approach toward Taiwan combines international and subnational diplomatic engagement, legal measures often described as lawfare, and information and influence operations to shape political behavior while remaining below the threshold of conventional military