Beijing’s Long Reach: How China Exports Repression Beyond Its Borders

How far is the Chinese Communist Party willing to go to silence critics overseas? In this episode of The Threat Podcast, Jay Solomon and Hagar Chemali speak with pro-democracy activist and Hong Kong Democracy Council Board Chair Anna Kwok about Beijing’s growing campaign of transnational repression. From secret police stations and surveillance networks to intimidation, bounties, and political influence operations, Anna shares her firsthand experience as a target of the Chinese government and explains how authoritarian regimes extend their reach far beyond their borders. The conversation explores the CCP’s global influence apparatus, threats to democratic societies, and what the United States can do to counter foreign repression on American soil.