Hong Kong offices in U.S. promote Beijing's agenda, report alleges

Local network's political influence campaign raises concern among activists

20241029  Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco in 2014

Pro-democracy activists targeted the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco in 2014 as the Umbrella Movement pursued genuine universal suffrage in the Chinese city. © Getty Images

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong authorities are trying to influence U.S. society and national politics by using their established local network to promote their own narrative and the Chinese Communist Party's agenda, a Washington-based activist group alleges in a report.

In the report, "The S.A.R. Network: Uncovering the Hong Kong Government's Subnational Foreign-Influence Campaign in America," published on Tuesday in the U.S., the Hong Kong Democracy Council documents various activities in the U.S. by the city's government.

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