Hongkongers warn of Chinese recruitment in UK universities

Youth organisers linked to the Chinese Communist Party are actively recruiting among Hongkongers in exile at British universities, according to a statement from several Hong Kong advocacy groups, write Yitong Wu and Chingman for Radio Free Asia Cantonese.

The Hong Kong branch of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, part of the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department outreach and influence programme, is calling on Hong Kong students in the UK to sign up for a ‘mentorship’ programme at several universities.

“Despite being directly connected to a government organisation, [the programme] promised that ‘there will be no political propaganda’,” said a joint statement from five Hong Kong activist groups in the UK, including Power to Hongkongers and Nottingham Stands with Hong Kong. “This claim is contradictory ... We strongly oppose this programme due to our deep concern over its covert political objective,” said the statement, which was also signed by Durham Stands with Hong Kong, Newcastle Stands with Hong Kong and the Liverpool Hongkongers Alliance.
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