San Francisco Forum Highlights CCP’s Global Threat

Speakers recounted harassment, sabotage, and assaults they say are part of the regime’s campaign to export repression far beyond China’s borders.

The Epoch Times, New Tang Dynasty Television, and Sound of Hope Radio jointly hosted a forum in the San Francisco Bay Area titled “Exposing the CCP’s Transnational Repression” on Sept. 27, 2025. Xue Mingzhu/The Epoch Times

A public forum held on Sept. 27 in the San Francisco Bay Area brought together Chinese dissidents, artists, and democracy advocates to shed light on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign of transnational repression on U.S. soil, including physical violence, surveillance, intimidation, and sabotage against overseas dissidents.

The event was jointly organized by The Epoch Times, New Tang Dynasty Television, and Sound of Hope Radio Network.

Art Under Attack

Renowned Chinese-American sculptor Chen Weiming, founder of the Liberty Sculpture Park in Southern California, shared his experience of repeated attacks by individuals linked to the CCP.