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one successful California businesswoman was for years the honorary

the councils count numerous prominent Chinese Americans as

and has some influence in San Francisco’s overseas Chinese

they were established to support Chinese government policies

spoke in glowing terms about how useful the Peaceful

and that the Republic of China on Taiwan is an illegitimate

but none for which I have felt such deep significance as the one

but rather as “overseas compatriots” ( 华侨同胞们 ) who have both

Chinese authorities are creating a global

is listed as the president of the China Overseas

all of the organizations involved in outreach to the overseas Chinese community

including the China Council for the Promotion of

and academics who were also advising the Chinese government to launch

established the Washington Association to Promote China Unification to

pro-PRC organizations faced challenges gaining

when the United States maintained an alliance with the

it is the Chinese Communist Party that puts a target on their backs through its

and our governmental institutions may need to do more

but just as often they have been centers of

Beijing’s claims on their loyalty can have the untoward