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This photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows copies of a book titled "Colonization of the Mind." The Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency, on Monday launched a new book titled "Colonization of the Mind" in both Chinese and English during the 36th academic conference on journalism held by Xinhua News Agency.(Xinhua/Yin Gang)

China: Xinhua’s Think Tank Launches New Book on U.S. Mind Colonization, Military & Hegemony! (23.12.2025)

Published by Xinhua Publishing House, the book is a compilation of two think tank reports, namely one titled “Colonization of the Mind — The Means, Roots, and Global Perils of U.S. Cognitive Warfare” and the other “Origins, Facts and Perils of U.S. Military Hegemony.”

The report on U.S. mind colonization reveals the fact that the United States has long eroded other countries’ sovereignty through ideological penetration, undermining fairness and justice in international perceptions. The report was first released during the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025 on Sept. 7.

The report on U.S. military hegemony explores the ideological roots, tools, and practices of U.S. military hegemony, as well as the damage it has inflicted on global security and stability. The report was first released on Sept. 5, 2023, and was later revised in light of the latest developments before being included in the newly published book.

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A guest reads a copy of the think tank report "Colonization of the Mind -- The Means, Roots, and Global Perils of U.S. Cognitive Warfare" during the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025 in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Gao Yongwei)

China: Xinhua Think-Tank Report Exposes Perils of US Ideological Colonization! (8.9.2025)

Moreover, the United States employs mind colonization to steer nations onto development paths unsuited to their conditions by aggressively exporting its economic models, such as the so-called neoliberal Washington Consensus. The result has been frequent economic stagnation and social hardship.

In recent years, the countries of the Global South have increasingly resisted U.S. ideological control and pursued independent development based on their own national conditions and cultural confidence.

As an important member of the Global South, China has put forward a series of proposals, including the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative, based on its own development experience and the common aspirations of the people around the world.

These initiatives provide new ideas and solutions for countries to bust the myths of value, free themselves from dependence of the mind, and embark on a path of independent and autonomous development.

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