US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns is scheduled to speak at an event sponsored by an organization associated with Chinese influence activities.
Burns is listed He will be the featured speaker at the 5th US-China Hong Kong Forum, hosted by the China-US Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) and the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, on Friday and Saturday. December 2023 House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) explained CUSEF is “an organ of the Chinese Communist Party’s approach to influence, including operations aimed at shaping Americans’ views of the Communist Party-controlled government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).” (Related: China expands ‘increasingly brazen’ influence operations in US and abroad, government report warns)
The US-China-Hong Kong Forum will once again be held, bringing together the world’s top experts to address key issues in the bilateral relationship. Follow us for exclusive interviews and insights! #Hong Kong Forum 2024 pic.twitter.com/Yg0SaSqlZA
— CUSEF (@CUSEF_HK) November 13, 2024
Burns also addressed CUSEF’s 2023 Hong Kong Forum on US-China Relations via video. According to To Kyusev.
Kyusev is a Hong Kong-based non-profit organization that nominally aims to foster “positive and peaceful relations between the most powerful industrialized nations and the most populous and rapidly developing nations.” The organization claims to be independent and claims to be affiliated with the Chinese government or its “united front” activities. According to Donated to the Jamestown Foundation established by the House of Representatives Special Committee of the Communist Party of China defined This is a “unique combination of influence, interference, and intelligence operations used by the Chinese Communist Party to shape its political environment.”
However, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission characteristic As a “united front coalition” organization, CUSEF pursues “efforts to develop domestic voters who will promote the Chinese government’s economic policies.” In addition, Tung Chee-hwa, founder and honorary chairman of CUSEF, is vice president of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), another Chinese organization that helps coordinate China’s influence operations. He was the chairman of the committee. According to Based on a 2018 report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
According to the House Select, the same 2018 report found that Chihua had “apparent connections” with the China United Front Work Department (UFWD), “the leading organization that coordinates and carries out united front activities within China and abroad.” “There is.” Chinese Communist Party Committee. More broadly, “China uses ‘united front’ operations to co-opt and neutralize potential opposition to the policies and authority of the ruling Chinese Communist Party,” according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. It’s written in the report. summary Part of the 2018 report.
Brian Black, senior policy adviser for China and Indo-Pacific at the Heritage Foundation, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that “it is inappropriate for U.S. government officials to participate in blatant united front activities.” “This is the same Party machine that exercises totalitarian control over state-sanctioned churches in China.”
At the CUSEF event that Burns is scheduled to participate in,[encouraging] “We will build candid solutions based on high-level dialogue and forge a new path toward stability in the U.S.-China relationship and the broader world.” According to To Kyusev. Other notable attendees named in CUSEF materials promoting the forum include Xie Feng, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Charlene Barszewski, the Clinton-era U.S. Trade Representative, and Alibaba Group Chairman Joseph Tsai. This includes Mr.
The White House, State Department and CUSEF did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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