Comprehensive Response Needed to Chinese Influence in US, Experts Say

Comprehensive Response Needed to Chinese Influence in US, Experts Say
Chinese dissident Wang Yonghong at a press conference and rally in front of the America ChangLe Association highlighting Beijing's transnational repression, in New York on Feb. 25, 2023. A now-closed overseas Chinese police station is located inside the association building. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Terri Wu
Jan Jekielek
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A structural and comprehensive U.S. response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence and interference is needed, experts told a congressional advisory body.

An office that connects “the national security, civil liberties, and academic freedom risks presented by PRC’s [People’s Republic of China] overseas political activities” was recommended at a hearing of the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) by Andrew Chubb, director of the UK’s Lancaster University China Centre in the UK and a fellow at the Asia Society.

Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].
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