On August 9, 2024, the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China (FMPRC) has released a report titled “The National Endowment for Democracy: What It Is and What It Does?” The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is referred to in the report’s opening sentence as the “White Gloves” of the US government.
There are more than six sections in the study, three of which (III, IV, and VII) are more detailed and pertinent in relation to the PRC. In Section III, “Colluding with all sorts of elements to meddle in other countries’ internal affairs,” the NED’s role in 1) fostering pro-US forces in target countries, 2) distorting the state of human rights in other countries, and, most importantly, 3) manipulating and interfering in other countries’ elections—all of which