Guidance Needed on Whether CCP-Backed Student Associations Should Register As Foreign Power-Controlled Entities, Report Says

Urgent clarification is needed on whether Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSAs) across the UK are required to register their activities as foreign power-controlled entities, a report said. The report, published by think tank Henry Jackson Society, said CSSAs, which are effectively controlled by the Chinese regime, has been able to avoid scrutiny by posing as normal student societies which are independent and self-governing. The are more than 90 CSSAs across the UK, author Anson Kwong wrote. They are “branches of a central CSSAUK, which is overseen by Chinese diplomats in the UK, and part of the United Front Work system of China.”...