Stand with Taiwan: Countering the PRC’s Political Warfare and Transnational Repression

The PRC has escalated its use of covert, coercive, and extraterritorial tactics against Taiwan and its supporters, threatening the island’s democracy, creating skepticism and distrust in U.S.-Taiwan relations, and using intimidation, lawfare, and propaganda operations to shape global narratives on Taiwan’s status. This hearing will spotlight the Chinese Communist Party’s expanding campaign of political warfare and repression targeting Taiwan and the Taiwanese diaspora globally. Through expert testimony, the Commission will explore policy options to counter these malign activities, reinforce U.S. support for Taiwan’s democracy, and advance legislative initiatives like the Stand with Taiwan Act and the Transnational Repression Policy Act.

This hearing will address four dimensions of the PRC’s strategy: (1) extraterritorial implications of the PRC’s 2024 “22 Articles” under the Anti-Secession Law, which criminalizes advocacy for Taiwanese independence; (2) political and cognitive warfare operations targeting Taiwan; (3) efforts to silence, censor, or intimidate members of the Taiwanese diaspora; and (4) the PRC’s global campaign to shape the legal and academic narrative on Taiwan’s status. Expert witnesses will analyze these tactics and provide policy recommendations to enhance Taiwan’s resilience to the PRC's malign influence activities and address transnational repression in the United States and globally. 

The hearing will be livestreamed on the CECC’s YouTube channel.