Sen. Mastriano Warns of CCP’s Transnational Repression, Opposes China Flag-Raising in Philadelphia

Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Pa.) has voiced strong concern over the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) growing campaign of transnational repression and criticized a China flag-raising ceremony to be held in front of Philadelphia City Hall later this month. During a visit to the Magnolia Women’s Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 13, Mastriano said that the CCP’s repression has also extended beyond China’s borders. “At the first level in China itself, we watch them with a very repressive attitude towards Christians, Falun Gong, and other groups like Muslims. The communist system is: you worship the government and not God,” he told The Epoch Times....