U.S. Commission Accuses China of Global Transnational Repression Campaign

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) released a report and held a hearing in Washington on June 5, 2026, documenting a campaign of transnational repression by the Chinese government. Lawmakers and witnesses testified that the Chinese Communist Party employs spyware, doxing, illegal police stations, and the detention of family members to intimidate critics residing in the United States.

Evidence presented included an FBI warning to activist Arthur Liu regarding Chinese operatives and a HK$1 million bounty issued by Hong Kong authorities for the arrest of Anna Kwok. In response, officials from Nebraska and Alaska described local legislative efforts to combat this foreign influence, while Representative Jim McGovern called for the passage of the bipartisan Transnational Repression Policy Act to formalize legal definitions of these practices.

The commission also detailed the use of lawfare—the weaponization of legal systems—to target Taiwan. The report highlighted the case of Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker Puma Shen, who became the first Taiwanese lawmaker to face criminal prosecution in Chongqing after being labeled a separatist. Additionally, the CECC alleged that Beijing undermined a 2025 Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) summit in Brussels, where only two of 12 invited African delegates attended, a result Luke de Pulford attributed to Chinese interference.