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The CCP’s Expanding Web of Transnational Repression

The CCP’s Expanding Web of Transnational Repression
A balloon is held at a press conference in front of the America ChangLe Association highlighting Beijing's transnational repression, in New York City on Feb. 25, 2023. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Antonio Graceffo
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Communist China’s transnational repression is expanding, extending Beijing’s control tactics—such as censorship, intimidation, and surveillance—into foreign countries, including the United States, as it seeks to monitor and pressure critics and overseas Chinese communities.

Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo
Author
Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.