“Fear or Freedom”: U.S. lawmakers warn CCP’s digital authoritarianism going global

The Bureau’s Sam Cooper: In a sharply worded rebuke of the White House’s China policy, a senior Democratic member of the Congressional Committee on Chinese Communist Party influence warns that Beijing’s repression is rapidly expanding worldwide, powered by advanced technologies — and that President Donald Trump has failed to respond with the urgency the threat demands. The committee’s new Minority Report, led by Raja Krishnamoorthi, concludes that the Party’s campaign of coercion and surveillance has evolved from a domestic control system into an exportable framework for authoritarian influence…