Commentary
As I detailed in a Feb. 8 American Spectator op-ed piece, the United States must take action toward an overarching China strategy. I offered five key reasons why Western countries should be “dedicated to bringing freedom from the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to people in China and abroad.”
This strategy requires several major initiatives. Sanctioning all 2,300 members of China’s rubber-stamp legislature—the National People’s Congress (NPC)—would be a great start. Here’s why.
First, under Article 63 of China’s constitution, the NPC has the power to remove from office “the president and the vice president of the People’s Republic of China.” Having failed to do so, the NPC shares the responsibility for Beijing’s long train of abuses and usurpations as documented in The China Declaration….