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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair and Co-Chair respectively of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), released the following statement in response to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai by the Hong Kong authorities:
“We condemn today’s sentencing of democracy advocate and prisoner of conscience Jimmy Lai—another step in Beijing’s campaign to crush independent journalism and peaceful dissent in Hong Kong. This is not justice. It is the weaponization of the courts to punish speech and intimidate an entire society.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair and Cochair respectively of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), released the following statement on the conviction of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong:
“We condemn the ongoing prosecution of Jimmy Lai and so many others in Hong Kong, who are detained simply for exercising their God-given freedoms. We urge the Hong Kong authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Jimmy Lai and end political prosecutions that criminalize fundamental rights and expose the crumbling foundations of the rule of law in Hong Kong.”
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair and Cochair of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), today released the Commission’s 2025 Annual Report reviewing human rights conditions and legal developments in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), as mandated by Title III of Public Law 106–286.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.)—announced a joint, bicameral effort to challenge the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) attempts to rewrite World War II history and to honor the shared sacrifices of the United States and Nationalist China (formally known as the Republic of China, whose government is now based in Taiwan) during World War II.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-New Jersey), the Chair and Cochair respectively of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) calling on the President to personally raise the cases of Americans unjustly detained in the People’s Republic of China during his next meeting with General Secretary Xi Jinping. The letter also urges direct, personal advocacy to secure relief and release for Americans facing life-threatening conditions and to end the PRC’s systemic use of exit bans, which the Chairs call “hostage-taking.”
