Category: Chris Smith

China’s Persecution of Falun Gong Shows CCP Perceives Freedoms as Threat: Rep. Smith

The Chinese regime’s expansive attack on the faith group Falun Gong shows that Beijing perceives freedom to be a threat to its totalitarian control, according to Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.). The lawmaker also called on Congress to punish the communist regime for its forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners, a…


US Legislation Seeks to Pressure China to Stop Gross Human Rights Violations: Rep. Smith

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said he will soon introduce new legislation to hold China accountable for its human rights violations, while pushing forward stalled legislation to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. The upcoming bill would see China lose its permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status unless the communist regime…


Rep. Smith to Introduce Legislation to Pressure China to Stop Gross Human Rights Violations

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said he will soon introduce new legislation to hold China accountable for its human rights violations, while pushing forward stalled legislation to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. The upcoming bill would see China lose its permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status unless the communist regime…


Rep. Smith Seeks to Pressure China to Stop Its Gross Human Rights Violations

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said he will soon introduce new legislation to hold China accountable for its human rights violations, while pushing forward stalled legislation to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. The upcoming bill would see China lose its permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status unless the communist regime…


Hong Kong’s Press Freedom Is Under Siege: Former Apple Daily Director

Mark Clifford, one of the former independent non-executive directors at Next Digital, told a congressional hearing on Oct. 14 how press freedom is under attack in Hong Kong, as evident by how the Chinese regime has driven Apple Daily to its deathbed. Apple Daily, which is published by Next Digital, is a Hong Kong newspaper…


US Lawmakers Seek Accountability for Organ Harvesting in China

WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers last month introduced the first legislation to combat global organ trafficking, which, if approved, would end U.S. silence on the lucrative and illegal practice perpetrated by the Chinese communist regime, according to experts. U.S. lawmakers in early March reintroduced legislation in the Senate and the House to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of…


US Lawmakers Break Silence on Forced Organ Harvesting in China

WASHINGTON—A group of bipartisan lawmakers last month introduced the first bill to combat global organ trafficking. If passed, the measure would end U.S. silence on the lucrative organ harvesting trade perpetuated by the Chinese communist regime, according to experts. U.S. lawmakers in early March reintroduced legislation in the Senate and the House to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of…


GOP House Lawmakers Question Blinken Over Biden’s China Policies

Republican lawmakers expressed concern over the Biden administration’s China policies when Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on March 10. Leading the criticism was Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who asked Blinken whether he would impose “a serious cost” on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over its human…


US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Combat China’s Forced Organ Harvesting

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced legislation in both the Senate and the House to stop China’s state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. “Organ harvesting is an egregiously barbaric and inhumane act that has no place in our world,” stated Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), the prime sponsor of the House…


Countries Should Do More to End China’s ‘Horrific’ Forced Organ Harvesting: Experts

A group of international advocates are calling on countries including the United States to do more to hold China accountable for its state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from living prisoners of conscience. “On the issue of forced organ harvesting, the international community has remained silent despite the evidence for far too long,” said Kristina Olney,…