Beijing’s Repression on US Soil a Threat to Security: State Department

The communist regime is increasingly emboldened to go after Chinese dissidents and those who have been exiled or fled repression and now live in America.

Dafna Rand, then-deputy director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 18, 2014. Allison Shelley/Getty Images

China’s communist regime is extending its long arm of repression into the United States, a phenomenon that is “extremely dangerous” to Americans and poses serious implications for U.S. national security, a State Department official warned.

At an event hosted by the International Republican Institute on Oct. 9, Dafna Rand, the newly confirmed assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, said Americans should be aware of China’s growing efforts to suppress dissenting voices on U.S. soil.