Chinese Regime Steps Up United Front Efforts to Influence Western Democracies: Report

Chinese Regime Steps Up United Front Efforts to Influence Western Democracies: Report
A paramilitary police officer stands guard in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 11, 2018. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Cathy He
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The Chinese regime is stepping up efforts to influence overseas Chinese communities and political systems worldwide, and democratic countries should tackle such campaigns with firm responses, according to a new report.

The United Front Work Department, a unit under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), coordinates thousands of groups to carry out foreign political influence operations, suppress dissident movements, gather intelligence, and facilitate the transfer of technology to China, according to a June report by think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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