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Chairs Introduce the Jimmy Lai Hong Kong Political Prisoner Accountability Act of 2026

Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair and Co-Chair, respectively, of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), today introduced ...
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A Son and Daughter’s Appeal to Xi Jinping to Release Their Dad, Jimmy Lai

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China will hold a hearing examining the imprisonment of Hong Kong media entrepreneur and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai and what his case reveals about the ...
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119th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair and Co-Chair, respectively, of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), ...
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2017 Annual Report

Congressional-Executive Commission on China 2017 ANNUAL REPORT I. Executive Summary & Highlighted Policy Recommendations and Political Prisoner Cases Chapter Findings and Recommendations Political ...
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From Cobalt to Cars: How China Exploits Child and Forced Labor in the Congo

Child and forced labor taint the supply chain of cobalt, a metal that is a critical component in the lithium-ion batteries and other products important for modern technologies, including electric ...
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Preserving Tibet: Combating Cultural Erasure, Forced Assimilation and Transnational Repression

Tibet faces new and worsening challenges from the Chinese Communist Party’s repressive rule. Threats to Tibet’s linguistic, religious, and cultural heritage have expanded in recent years, and now an ...
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Draft Ethnic Unity Law Intensifies Language and Cultural Repression of Uyghurs and other Ethnic Groups

SUMMARY: Recent developments suggest that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is escalating a systematic campaign to assimilate ethnic minorities—signaled most visibly by Xi Jinping’s highly symbolic ...
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CECC 2017 Annual Report

Congressional-Executive Commission on China 2017 ANNUAL REPORT I. Executive Summary & Highlighted Policy Recommendations and Political Prisoner CasesChapter Findings and Recommendations ...
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2016 Annual Report

Congressional-Executive Commission on China2016 ANNUAL REPORTI. Executive SummarySpecific Findings and Recommendations ...
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One City, Two Legal Systems: Political Prisoners and the Erosion of the Rule of Law in Hong Kong

According to some estimates, there are over 1,000 political prisoners in Hong Kong, a development that was unthinkable less than a decade ago. Following 2019 protests for democracy and political ...
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The Unreliability of Social Compliance Audits For Uncovering Forced Labor Explored at Hearing

(Washington)—Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the Chair and Co-chair, respectively, of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) ...