The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), an unofficial organization that includes lawmakers from around 30 countries, held a symposium last Friday in Tokyo, bringing together dozens of lawmakers from several democratic countries to call for tougher policies on China.
The meeting reflects IPAC’s efforts to reform democratic countries’ approaches to China, according to the group’s founding statement. Founded in 2020, the group has been criticized by the Chinese state media as being comprised of “anti-China” forces, and several of its members have been sanctioned by Beijing in recent years.
