chinese communist party, falun gong persecution, overseas chinese

Repression of Falun Gong Practitioners Living Outside China Part of a ‘Sophisticated Campaign’

People outside of China who do the meditation practice of Falun Gong face regular reprisals from the Chinese communist government, a report by U.S.-based rights watchdog Freedom House has said. Repression of Falun Gong practitioners living overseas is part of a “sophisticated, global, and comprehensive campaign of transnational repression” being waged by the Chinese Communist ...

Rory Karsten

Falun Gong practitioners performing the exercises.

Freedom House: Beijing’s Worldwide Campaign of Repression Is ‘Unparalleled’

China’s communist regime is conducting the most sophisticated, global, and comprehensive transnational campaign of repression in the world, says a report by U.S.-based rights watchdog Freedom House. Released in early February, the report offers an alarming insight into how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) exports repression beyond China’s borders at an unparalleled scale. “Due to ...

Rory Karsten

A Uyghur woman demonstrates in front of a Chinese consulate.

Overseas Chinese: Beware of the CCP United Front Work Department

Many Chinese people leave China to escape the communist government, hoping that they will have a better life abroad. But the increasing influence of the CCP is crushing such hopes as the Party is interfering in the lives of these people through the United Front Work Department (UFWD), an organization responsible for outreach to Chinese ...

Max Lu

Chinese living overseas.