Others say he is a genuine opponent of the Party and attacks prominent dissidents to enhance his own standing and sideline rivals. Asked why they had come, a woman brandished a sign accusing Teng of being a CCP spy. Lauren Davis, a writer who came to support Teng after reading about the protests on the news site Planet Princeton, said the participants have tried to intimidate her. Teng’s neighbors say they don’t recognize the picketers, some of whom arrive in cars with New York license plates. “They said, 'If you’re a supporter, then you’re with him, you’re CCP, you’re also a spy and you also deserve to die and go to hell!’ They are not rational people.”

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2020 23:35 UTC