Hearing set for Wednesday, July 23Rep. Smith to co-chair Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing, “Stand with Taiwan: Countering the PRC’s Political Warfare and Transnational Repression”

Hearing set for Wednesday, July 23 Rep. Smith to co-chair Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing, “Stand with Taiwan: Countering the PRC’s Political Warfare and Transnational Repression” f t # Washington,
Jul 22, 2025 | comments Tomorrow, July 23 rd , the co-chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) will hold their first public hearing on the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) increased acts of political warfare and repression against Taiwan. WHAT : Congressional hearing on the PRC’s acts of political warfare and repression against Taiwan and its supporters WHEN : Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. WITNESSES : Fan Yun, Member of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, USN (Ret.), Former Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence Peter Mattis, President, The Jamestown Foundation Audrye Wong, Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow, American Enterprise Institute and Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California WHERE : 222 Russell Senate Office Building WHO : Co-chair Chris Smith, Chairman Dan Sullivan, other members of the CECC, and witnesses “For more than 75 years, the PRC has attempted to coercively take control of Taiwan through the draconian tactics of lawfare, intimidation, and propaganda,” said Smith, a senior lawmaker and China policy expert. The hearing, entitled “Stand with Taiwan: Countering the PRC’s Political Warfare and Transnational Repression,” will analyze and assess the PRC’s 1) “22 Articles” under the Anti-Secession Law of 2024 and their implications for Taiwanese independence; 2) “political and cognitive warfare operations” against Taiwan; 3) endeavors to suppress and stifle voices of Taiwanese opposition; and 4) efforts to malign Taiwan’s legal and academic standing within the global community. Smith said that along with the policy recommendations and testimonies of expert witnesses, the CECC will examine policy initiatives to oppose the PRC’s repressive ploys and promote legislative efforts to limit the PRC’s extraterritorial influence, such as the Transnational Repression Policy Act and the Stand with Taiwan Act . ### Contact: Teagan Gambert (202) 225-3765 http://chrissmith.house.gov f t #