Konstantinos Bogdanos
That happened last Friday. And it was no mere ceremony: it was a gauntlet thrown down at the West’s feet.
By obsessing over isolating Russia, we elevate China to the role of global chessmaster, a superpower set to challenge Europe and America in markets, tech, and battlefields. And where we really hand China the chessboard is at the UN.
Beijing’s strategy is surgical. From the UN’s Human Rights Council to the Economic and Social Council, China is orchestrating a takeover, not just with its diplomats, but through NGOs posing as independent voices.
These are not earnest activists, but CCP puppets. Often they are tied to state-backed think tanks, ones with opaque funding and an admirable ability to secure UN consultative status faster than you can say “Uyghur genocide”.
These groups swamp UN processes with reports praising China’s “progress” in Tibet or “stability” in Xinjiang. It is narrative warfare, won by sheer volume. Meanwhile, authentic NGOs–those bold enough to expose Beijing’s abuses–drown in red tape.
Europe, with its commitment to free expression, should be showing some sensitivity. Instead, our diplomats sip espressos with them in Geneva and enjoy cocktails together in New York.
It gets nastier. These NGOs do not just speak. They intimidate. Tibetan activists, Uyghur advocates, Hong Kong democrats, and Falun Gong members are heckled, smeared, photographed, even physically barred at UN events.
This is not advocacy. It is state-sponsored bullying, draped in the UN’s sanctimonious neutrality. And while we sever ties with Russia, China’s NGOs are silencing dissent in plain view, eroding the very civic freedoms Europe claims to uphold.
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