Stop the Blame! Stop the Hate! Stopped China Initiative!
Dear Chinese American Friends, We did it. In a huge victory for civil rights, Stop AAPI Hate and our allies at the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Asian American Scholar Forum, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, and dozens of organizations successfully prevented the restoration of the dangerous China Initiative. Remember: the China Initiative was a federal program created during the Trump administration. On paper, it was created to combat economic espionage. But in practice, it authorized the racial profiling and investigation of Chinese American scholars just because of their nationality. In just a few years, the China Initiative ended the careers and shattered the livelihoods of hundreds of innocent scientists, researchers, and academics who endured a string of false accusations and wrongful prosecution. Last week, after months of organizing, congressional leaders removed language that would have reinstated this racist and unconstitutional program from a 2024
