Category: Infiltrating the West

Chinese Scientist Sentenced to 29 Months for Stealing From Monsanto

A Chinese national was sentenced to 29 months in prison on April 7 after pleading guilty to stealing a trade secret from his U.S. employer earlier this year, a crime that Justice Department officials said would benefit the Chinese regime. Xiang Haitao, 44, a legal permanent U.S. resident formerly from Missouri, worked for U.S. agribusiness…


How Did Australian Universities Help Beijing Advance Its Goals

Commentary An Australian Parliamentary committee on security and intelligence has concluded that the Chinese communist regime targeted Australian universities as part of a huge two-pronged exercise to firstly transfer Western knowledge and technology into China and secondly to deploy spies into the West. Australian universities allowed themselves to be infiltrated and used, but this is…


How China’s TikTok, Facebook Influencers Push Propaganda

WASHINGTON—To her 1.4 million followers across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, Vica Li says she is a “life blogger” and “food lover” who wants to teach her fans about China so they can travel the country with ease. “Through my lens, I will take you around China, take you into Vica’s life!” she says in…


CCP Agent Conspired With New York Police Officer to Spy on Americans: DOJ

The Department of Justice (DOJ( on March 30 unsealed charges against a Chinese national, who is accused of working as an unregistered agent of the Chinese communist regime. Sun Hoi Ying is alleged to have spied on at least 35 individuals in the United States and to have fed information from his efforts to the Chinese…


Senators Release Bank Records Showing Payments to Hunter Biden From China

Newly released bank records show that payments were made to President Joe Biden’s son from a Chinese Communist Party-linked company. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) presented the records on the Senate floor on March 28 and March 29. One showed a wire payment of $100,000 to Owasco, one of Hunter Biden’s firms, from CEFC China…


Pompeo: US Should Label China as ‘Adversary’ Rather Than ‘Competitor’ in Recognition of Growing CCP Threats

The next U.S. national security strategy should focus on the challenges of curbing authoritarianism and formally recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan to deter Chinese communist aggression, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “Being in an ambiguous place is really, really dangerous,” Pompeo said during a March 28 interview with the Hudson Institute, a…


CCP Engaged in ‘Unprecedented’ Assault on US Technology, Research: Former CIA Counterintelligence Chief

Economic espionage, trade theft, and technology transfer by the Chinese regime are on the rise in the United States, and while U.S. intelligence agencies have an opportunity to get the upper hand through clandestine activity, the Biden administration is limiting their ability to do carry this out, according to a counterintelligence analyst. The issue of…


China in ‘Relentless March’ for Influence in Latin America: US General

China and Russia are expanding their influence in Latin America and the Caribbean, and challenging the United States’ ability to deter conflict, according to two U.S. generals who spoke before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 24. “Our strategic competitors, China and Russia, are seeking ways to expand their power regionally in South America…


US Officials Have ‘Neglected’ to Take Action on CCP Infiltration: Rep. Andy Biggs

While false claims of Russian interference in U.S. elections and collusion with Donald Trump’s candidacy have gotten ample attention, the very real issue of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infiltration and meddling in America’s domestic politics has gone largely ignored, according to Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.). “[Russia’s] collusion with the Trump campaign was proven to be…


Chinese National Convicted for Fraudulently Obtaining US Visas for Individuals Working for Beijing

A Chinese national from New Jersey has been convicted of committing visa fraud to get government employees of the Chinese regime into the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 23. Liu Zhongsan, 59, of Fort Lee, was arrested and charged in September 2019. He was convicted on March 22 of one…