The Foreign Ministry says it supports the European Union’s efforts to strengthen its response mechanisms to transnational repression and will continue to deepen cooperation and exchanges in areas like information sharing, building democratic resilience, and countering authoritarian coercion. That came in a press release on Wednesday, June 17, following a European Parliament resolution examining the nature and forms of transnational repression and the bloc’s response strategies.

The resolution recognizes China’s use of various overseas organizations to carry out comprehensive and systematic surveillance, intimidation, and forced repatriation. Those include the abuse of INTERPOL mechanisms, pressuring academics to abandon research on sensitive issues such as supply chains, forced labor, Tibet, and Taiwan, as well as pressuring artists to cancel events related to Taiwan.

The Foreign Ministry said that transnational repression has become a major challenge posed by authoritarian regimes to democratic nations and civil society. It not only infringes on freedom of speech, academic independence, and human rights protections, but also threatens democratic institutions and social resilience.