A leading Chinese human rights activist called on Americans to vote for President Trump in remarks Wednesday at the Republican National Convention 2020, saying he stood against China during his tenure.
Chen Guangcheng said previous U.S. governments had pursued a strategy of appeasement with Beijing. “The US must use its values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law to rally a coalition of other democracies to stop China’s aggression,” Chen said.
“President Trump has led this and we need the other countries to join him in this fight. A fight for our future.”
The blind Chinese dissident is an ardent supporter of President Trump.
A lawyer who spoke out against the one-child policy and campaigned for workers’ rights, Chen was placed under house arrest for his activism.
He fled the communist country in 2012 and was granted asylum in the US.
“The CCP [Chinese Communist Party] is an enemy of man, ‘said Chen. “It terrorizes its own people and it threatens the well – being of the world.”
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