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The Chinese government successfully pressured Zambia to cancel RightsCon 2026, the world's largest digital rights conference, by blocking Taiwanese participants' entry—marking an unprecedented instance of foreign interference that demonstrates Beijing's expanding ability to influence international forums and suppress discussions of its digital authoritarianism exports. This incident signals a critical shift in the geopolitical landscape where authoritarian regimes can now effectively suppress global technology governance conversations, creating significant risks for organizations dependent on open international collaboration for security standards, policy development, and threat intelligence sharing. Technology leaders must reassess their participation in international conferences, supply chain vulnerabilities to geopolitical pressure, and their exposure to censorship and surveillance technology discussions that may face similar interference.