The group is also registered under the U.S. But in reality, it “functions as a de facto front organization for the PRC government,” the report stated, citing the findings from a 2020 study by Jamestown Foundation, a Washington-based think tank. United Front Work in ActionMuch of Beijing’s overseas United Front efforts are carried out through a “nebulous network of intermediaries” loosely coordinated by CCP bodies, including Chinese embassies and consulates, and the Party’s United Front Work Department, the report stated.In a 2020 speech, then-Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific affairs David Stilwell said the CCP leverages thousands of overseas groups that carry out political influence operations, suppress dissident movements, gather intelligence, and facilitate the transfer of technology to China.While some United Front organizations publicly state their affiliation with Beijing, “most try to present themselves as independent, grassroots-type NGOs, cultural-exchange forums, ‘friendship’ associations, chambers of commerce, media outlets, or academic groups,” Stilwell said at the time.CUSEF is a Hong Kong-based nonprofit headed by billionaire and Chinese regime official Tung Chee-hwa that bills itself as an independent group working to provide U.S.–China dialogues and exchanges.
Media have also been targeted by CUSEF. Military and political figures, the report stated.U.S. Burns further said he was “increasingly worried about the expansion of Chinese influence operations.”The group also sponsors many high-level dialogues between CCP officials and U.S. Facing criticism from Republican lawmakers, Burns told the Senate hearing that he had “inherited” Carnegie’s relationship with CUSEF but cut ties with the group “not long after” he began his tenure in 2015. Prior to his nomination, Burns served as president of the think tank. Partners include Johns Hopkins University, the East-West Institute, the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, the Atlantic Council, and the Brookings Institution.Earlier this year, CUSEF’s ties to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace came under the spotlight during the nomination hearing for CIA Director William Burns.
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His family said Sun never had kidney problems, and the hospital didn’t give concrete details of his death and rushed to have his body cremated. He filmed a documentary with undercover footage detailing his experiences and escaped to Indonesia.In 2017, Sun died of sudden kidney failure. It was later found by an American woman in 2012. Falun Gong is a spiritual practice that has been brutally persecuted by the CCP for more than two decades.While he was detained, Sun snuck an SOS letter into a Halloween decoration for export.
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