China Overseas Friendship Association

China Overseas Friendship Association

History: additional context and citations

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== History ==
== History ==
The China Overseas Friendship Association was established in Beijing in May 1997.{{Cite web |title=中华海外联谊会"扩容增员" |trans-title=The China Overseas Friendship Association is "expanding its membership" |url=http://www.zytzb.gov.cn/tzyw/310447.jhtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612113856/http://www.zytzb.gov.cn/tzyw/310447.jhtml |archive-date=2020-06-12 |accessdate=2020-06-12 |work=[[United Front Work Department]] |language=zh}}{{Cite web |title=中华海联1997年大事记 |trans-title=Major Events of the China Maritime Association in 1997 |url=http://www.cofa.org.cn/dsj/253870.jhtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612114214/http://www.cofa.org.cn/dsj/253870.jhtml |archive-date=2020-06-12 |accessdate=2020-06-12 |work=China Overseas Friendship Association |language=zh}} In May 2019, it merged with the China Overseas Exchange Association to form the new China Overseas Friendship Association.{{Cite web |title=中华海外联谊会和中国海外交流协会合并,规模扩充至上千人 |trans-title=The China Overseas Friendship Association and the China Overseas Exchange Association have merged, expanding their size to over a thousand members |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3558787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612091421/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3558787 |archive-date=2020-06-12 |accessdate=2020-06-12 |work=[[The Paper (newspaper)|The Paper]] |language=zh|publisher=[[Shanghai United Media Group]]}}{{Cite book |last=Joske |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Joske |title=The party speaks for you |date=June 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Australian Strategic Policy Institute]] |chapter=Foreign interference and the Chinese Communist Party's united front system |jstor=resrep25132 |jstor-access=free}}
The China Overseas Friendship Association was established in Beijing in May 1997.{{Cite web |title=中华海外联谊会"扩容增员" |trans-title=The China Overseas Friendship Association is "expanding its membership" |url=http://www.zytzb.gov.cn/tzyw/310447.jhtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612113856/http://www.zytzb.gov.cn/tzyw/310447.jhtml |archive-date=2020-06-12 |accessdate=2020-06-12 |work=[[United Front Work Department]] |language=zh}}{{Cite web |title=中华海联1997年大事记 |trans-title=Major Events of the China Maritime Association in 1997 |url=http://www.cofa.org.cn/dsj/253870.jhtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612114214/http://www.cofa.org.cn/dsj/253870.jhtml |archive-date=2020-06-12 |accessdate=2020-06-12 |work=China Overseas Friendship Association |language=zh}} In May 2019, it merged with the China Overseas Exchange Association to form the new China Overseas Friendship Association.{{Cite web |title=中华海外联谊会和中国海外交流协会合并,规模扩充至上千人 |trans-title=The China Overseas Friendship Association and the China Overseas Exchange Association have merged, expanding their size to over a thousand members |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3558787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612091421/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3558787 |archive-date=2020-06-12 |accessdate=2020-06-12 |work=[[The Paper (newspaper)|The Paper]] |language=zh|publisher=[[Shanghai United Media Group]]}}{{Cite book |last=Joske |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Joske |title=The party speaks for you |date=June 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Australian Strategic Policy Institute]] |chapter=Foreign interference and the Chinese Communist Party's united front system |jstor=resrep25132 |jstor-access=free}} COFA is managed by the Ninth Bureau of the [[United Front Work Department]].{{Cite book |last1=Cole |first1=J. Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fo-4zQEACAAJ |title=Insidious Power: How China Undermines Global Democracy |last2=Hsu |first2=Szu-Chien |date=2020-07-30 |publisher=Eastbridge Books |isbn=978-1-78869-213-7 |pages=62 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719224203/https://books.google.com/books?id=fo-4zQEACAAJ |archive-date=2023-07-19 |url-status=live}}{{Cite book |last=Joske |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Joske |title=Hunting the Phoenix: The Chinese Communist Party's global search for technology and talent |date=August 20, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Australian Strategic Policy Institute]] |language=en |jstor=resrep26119 |jstor-access=free}}


== References ==
== References ==