EXCLUSIVE: Senator Seeks to Expose CCP’s Authoritarian Ambition

The Chinese Communist Party has for years been bent on cementing its influence over the developing world.

One U.S. senator is hoping to counter this through an awareness-raising initiative.

In a Twitter campaign dubbed “#ExpossingtheCCP,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) plans to spotlight the regime’s “sinister relationships” with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, as well as parts of the Middle East, where Beijing has made extensive investments to expand its political and economic clout.

Focusing on one country at a time, the weekly installments will feature those that have “struck a bad deal with China,” to “expose the CCP’s intentions in the Global South and ensure that Beijing no longer controls the narrative,” according to Rubio’s office.

“Now is not the time to be silent,” the senator told The Epoch Times in an email.

“We need to be vocal about what the Chinese Communist Party is doing,” he said. “Beijing is attempting to overpower, exploit, and hold hostage sovereign nations. The United States must stand up against Xi Jinping’s authoritarian vision and hold the CCP accountable.”

With the CCP strategically making social media its megaphone to attack the West and spread disinformation, the campaign aims to counter such efforts, according to Rubio’s office. It will also “fill a void” in the U.S. government communications, which currently lack a coordinated way to alert countries of the “many pitfalls” attached to Chinese investments, a spokesperson for Rubio’s office said.

The first “#ExpossingtheCCP” tweet, to launch around 5 p.m. on Aug. 11, focuses on the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific which has recently signed a security pact with Beijing that has sparked widespread concerns that it could pave the way for the establishment of a Chinese military base.

New documents recently obtained by local media show