China’s communist regime is extending its long arm of repression into the United States, a phenomenon that is “extremely dangerous” to Americans and poses serious implications for U.S. national security, a State Department official has warned.
At an event hosted by the International Republican Institute on Oct. 9, Dafna Rand, the newly confirmed assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, said Americans should be aware of China’s growing efforts to suppress dissenting voices on American soil.
“The PRC has pioneered—and others have followed—a practice of transnational repression,” Rand said, using an acronym for communist China’s official name, the People’s Republic of China….