Category: Infiltrating the West

Beijing’s Political Warfare Campaigns Exploit Social Media

News Analysis Social media are an increasingly important front in the Chinese regime’s political warfare campaigns. With the increasing loss of credibility of legacy media among Americans, people are turning to independent and social media for their news and information. A Pew Research poll nearly a year ago reflected the shift away from traditional television…


Former US Navy Sailor Sentenced to 30 Months for Exporting Military Equipment to China

A former U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring with her husband to illegally ship export-controlled sensitive military equipment to China for profit, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Dec. 21. Ye Sang “Ivy” Wang, 37, a naturalized U.S. citizen from China, was a logistics specialist for the…


Harvard Professor Charles Lieber Convicted of Lying About China Ties

A Harvard University professor was found guilty by a U.S. jury on Tuesday of lying to authorities about his ties to the Thousand Talents Plan, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) well-financed job recruitment program. Charles Lieber, 62, was the former chairman of Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology. He was found guilty by a…


Beijing Paid Millions to DC Radio Station to Broadcast Propaganda

The Chinese regime paid almost $4.4 million to a Washington-based radio station to broadcast propaganda to American households, new federal disclosures show. CGTN, the global arm for China’s state-run broadcaster CCTV, has paid $4.35 million since July 2019 to WCRW, a daytime radio station covering Washington, Virginia, and Maryland, to broadcast its content for 12…


Harvard Professor Charged With Lying About China Ties Goes on Trial

BOSTON—A federal jury was selected on Tuesday in the trial of a Harvard University nanotechnology professor accused of lying to U.S. authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and concealing funding he received from the Chinese regime. The Boston jury will return on Wednesday to hear lawyers deliver opening statements in the trial…


Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree on American Farmland

China has been buying up agricultural lands in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the American food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal 2022 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R.4356) in June. In a recent…


Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree of American Farmland

China has been buying up agricultural lands in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the American food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal 2022 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R.4356) in June. In a recent…


Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree of US Farmland

China has been buying up agricultural land in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the U.S. food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal year 2022 agriculture appropriations legislation (H.R.4356) in June. In a…


Blinken Says US Business Leaders Should Be ‘On Guard’ About Chinese Investments

American business leaders should be cautious about Chinese investments, warned Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken sounded the alarm on Tuesday while speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit. “There is no distinction between a so-called private enterprise and the state,” he said. “If a private Chinese enterprise makes the investment, the state…


CCP’s Disinformation Operation Interfered in Canada’s 2021 Federal Election: Report

Chinese state-run media and pro-Beijing actors have been publishing disinformation narratives on various platforms in what was likely a “coordinated influence operation” targeting Chinese-Canadian voters in the 2021 Canadian federal election, says an organization specializing in exposing disinformation. DisinfoWatch, a Canadian platform that monitors and exposes foreign disinformation activities in the country, reported in September…