Beijing, Sept. 12 -- The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) campaign of intimidation against Shen Yun Performing Arts and Falun Gong practitioners in the United States is not merely a cultural dispute, but a direct assault on American sovereignty, The Epoch Times reported, citing human rights scholar William L. Saunders's statement.

According to The Epoch Times, Saunders, director of the Centre for Human Rights at The Catholic University of America and chair emeritus of the Federalist Society's Religious Liberties Practice Group, said the CCP's operations on US soil go beyond influence peddling. "It's very serious, because it violates the sovereignty of the United States for the Communist Party to harass people here," he stated.

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