China successfully silenced anti-China diaspora protesters in San Francisco last November. The Chinese Communist Party mounted counter-demonstrations to quell protests of rights abuses in Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and mainland China. The CCP routinely use pro-China diaspora groups to further its political goals overseas. A month-long investigation revealed how China acted to silence the protests during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit. (The Washington Post, September 3, 2024, by Shigani Mahtani, Meg Kelly, Cate Brown, Cate Cadell, Ellen Nakashima and Chris Dehghanpoor)
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