China Usurps UN as Tool for Advancing Strategic Interests, Report Says

Ambassadors and representatives to the United Nations vote during a U.N. Security Council meeting on a U.S. resolution on the Gaza peace plan at the U.N. Headquarters in New York City on Nov. 17, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesThe House Select Committee on China said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is advancing its vision and political agenda at the United Nations by leveraging its financial contributions, seizing critical posts, deploying its troops under peacekeeping mandate, and infiltrating nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), according to a new report.Shared with The Epoch Times ahead of its expected official release on March 20, the report draws on Chinese-language media, Beijing’s official documents, academic studies, U.N. data, and the committee’s own investigation. It said that China “has waged a systematic campaign” to exploit the U.N. and its bodies to advance a “malign agenda.”