Name: CCP Is Not China, Not Elected by the Chinese People; Targets Dissidents, Americans on US Soil: Analyst
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Description: Cynthia Sun, senior researcher at the Falun Dafa Information Center, and winner of NTD's first Global Chinese Beauty Pageant, discussed with NTD's Melina Wisecup how her background has influenced her goals as an American citizen, her research into the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of dissident groups and Americans alike on U.S. soil, and how the CCP and China are separate entities.

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Cynthia Sun, senior researcher at the Falun Dafa Information Center, and winner of NTD's first Global Chinese Beauty Pageant, discussed with NTD's Melina Wisecup how her background has influenced her goals as an American citizen, her research into the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of dissident groups and Americans alike on U.S. soil, and how the CCP and China are separate entities.

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