Chinese Companies’ Overseas Offices and Expat Organizations Serve as Beijing’s Outposts: Leaked Documents The Epoch Times recently obtained government documents revealing that overseas divisions of Chinese state-owned companies and Chinese expat associations serve as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s outposts for pushing its economic and political agenda outside of China. The documents exposed that the CCP maintains close ties with state-owned businesses and has set up liaison offices with chambers of commerce in various countries to serve as connections to its United Front Work Department. This Party agency is tasked with infiltrating countries through business, cultural, and educational exchanges in order to spread its propaganda, influence local elites, and suppress dissident groups.