We Need to Talk About Transnational Repression

Inside Sources | Reps. Mike Gallagher and Neal Dunn

Imagine you’re a young student in China. You’ve worked hard your entire life and earned admission to a top American university. Your parents and maybe other relatives have scrimped and saved to afford the tuition — an even more challenging prospect in China where the median income is much lower.

You’ve heard rumors about the freedoms people enjoy in the United States. You can’t wait to learn in an open environment and to see democracy up close. You have opinions you’ve had to keep bottled up your whole life that are just waiting to burst out. You’re so excited you can’t sleep the night before you fly. Finally, you arrive. You’ve left China behind. So you thought. On campus, you quickly learn you haven’t left China at all.

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