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CECC hearing: witnesses say CCP is waging a systematic campaign against religion, urge stronger U.S. action
Summary
Witnesses and commissioners at the Congressional‑Executive Commission on China hearing described a sustained campaign by the Chinese Communist Party to control and suppress religious life in China and abroad, urging the U.S. to elevate religious freedom to a national‑security priority and use sanctions, diplomacy, and asylum protections.
The Congressional‑Executive Commission on China heard testimony that the Chinese Communist Party is carrying out a systematic campaign to subordinate religion to party ideology, with witnesses urging the United States to respond with concrete diplomatic and economic pressure.
In his opening, an unidentified commission member said, "The Chinese Communist Party, CCP, is waging a systematic campaign to bend every faith in China to party rule," and cited the CECC political‑prisoner database: "There are currently 1,647 documented religious case cases in the…
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