For years, the Chinese Communist Party has been actively infiltrating U.S. government and private institutions at all levels, and the Trump (Trump) administration has been well aware of the Chinese Communist threat and has taken countermeasures accordingly. The federal government is also alerting state and local governments to the need to guard against and respond to CCP infiltration.
John Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence, said not long ago, “Everyone in the intelligence community knows that China [the Chinese Communist Party] is a top U.S. national security concern. And there’s a lot more that we can’t say.”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier this year urged governors and regional officials to maintain a “cautious mindset” when dealing with the Communist Party, saying Beijing is taking advantage of America’s openness in an attempt to infiltrate and undermine the country.
Recently, the Federalist published an article by senior contributor Ben Weingarten, “What Are Governors Doing to Fight Communism? The answer is troubling. Weingarten, a senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and a fellow at the Claremont Institute, conducted a survey of states across the United States on their actions to resist Communist infiltration and destruction, but was disappointed that he received responses from only three states. He was disappointed to receive responses from only three states.
Given the omnipresence of the Chinese Communist Party’s challenge to the United States, he urged, “It is only logical that all American leaders rise up to help defend the country.”
Communist infiltration in the U.S. “fixes” lawmakers, media, Wall Street
As the investigation into the U.S. election fraud unfolds, more and more truths are being revealed. In his article, Weingarten notes that the danger of Chinese infiltration is now clear to Americans, who now know that Communist operatives not only have ties to former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), but have also developed ties to current U.S. House Intelligence Committee member Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). For the latter, the Chinese Communist Party has been strategically engaged since the early days of his political rise as a city councilman.
In early December, online media outlet Axios reported that a female Chinese Communist spy targeted a number of politicians across the United States, including Swalwell and Midwest mayors, quickly penetrating the sensitive U.S. political world.
Americans also now know that the story that corporate media and social media are doing their best to block in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election is not a Russian intelligence operation, but the fact that Hunter Biden is under federal criminal investigation. According to reports, part of the investigation involves his alleged dealings with individuals and entities with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and involves “the big guy,” namely his father, Joe Biden.
Weingarten noted that these stories make more real the video of Zhai Dongsheng, vice dean of the School of International Relations at Renmin University of China, that was spread online by Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
He writes that in an expert seminar in November 2020, Zhai claimed that the Communist Party’s “friends” on Wall Street had influenced U.S. policy since the 1970s by opening U.S. banking to China, according to the translation. Zhai also said that during the Trump presidency, Wall Street’s influence, and even that of the Chinese Communist Party, has been greatly diminished, and that a Biden presidency could bring back the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on U.S. policy.
In the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s black hand already state governments are acting
As a researcher, Weingarten conducted a survey of governors’ offices in all 50 states to find out whether elected governors were doing their best to defend American values and interests in the face of Chinese Communist infiltration and interference. But to Weingarten’s dismay, the best conclusion from the survey was: Not sure.
Weingarten explained that national security matters are usually the responsibility of the federal government, but with the CCP using the likes of Swalwell, Hunter Biden and Wall Street financiers, it is clear that the malicious efforts of the CCP regime extend far beyond Washington, D.C., and intersect directly with many areas where governors can affect change, so countering the CCP starts with the states.
Weingarten asked each governor about specific ways in which the CCP has infiltrated, including: the CCP’s use of American freedoms; the CCP’s use of individuals, corporate entities and organizations with ties to the CCP government to do damage; the CCP’s use of infiltrating strategically important public and private institutions in each state; and the provision of public funds to companies with ties to the CCP. He concluded by asking, “If your office has done nothing to stop the extensive efforts of the CCP to influence our people, infiltrate our institutions, and take advantage of our business and financial dealings, why?”
Weingarten’s questionnaire received responses from representatives of three state offices as of the time of his writing: Nebraska, Mississippi and Arkansas.
Among the comprehensive responses was a spokesperson from the office of Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, whose state has made various efforts to address Chinese Communist infiltration, including: moving its trade office from China to Germany; organizing visits to Vietnam and Japan; hosting delegations, including Taiwan; banning TikTok on state-owned devices; and successfully urged the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to close its Confucius Institute; and directed the state’s Department of Administrative Services to neither “obtain services from nor support investments in companies with ties to the Chinese Communist Party” and to review policies regarding the hiring of foreigners for certain state government positions.
A spokesman for the office of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, responded by saying the state briefed senior staff in state government and received training on the Communist Party’s ongoing influence campaign and how to avoid getting caught up in it. They recognize that it is critical for federal, state and local leaders to remain vigilant in the face of disruptive activities by foreign actors who oppose the United States.
For its part, a spokesman for Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s (R) office said a response was forthcoming, but had not been provided to Weingarten as of press time.
Pompeo: Governor must act to get tough on China
The U.S. federal government alone is not enough to fend off the Chinese Communist Party’s overreach war. Weingarten cited Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s February address to the National Governors Association, in which Pompeo warned, “The Chinese Communist government has …… assessed our vulnerability and decided to use our freedoms at the federal, state and local levels to seize our advantage.”
Pompeo also noted that the CCP has infiltrated strategically important institutions, including the use of public universities for its civil-military recruitment program and through the CCP’s Confucius Institute for propaganda at these public universities. The CCP government has also used its business and investment opportunities in sensitive areas to gain an advantage.
Pompeo reiterated these points in his September address to the Wisconsin State Legislature, noting that CCP leaders “believe that local leaders are likely to be the weak link. He detailed the Communist Party’s efforts, including pushing state lawmakers to pass resolutions written by the Communist government in support of the Communist government; and targeting agencies ranging from the New York Police Department to local parent-teacher associations.
In a December 3 Wall Street Journal editorial, U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe made clear that “Beijing intends to dominate the United States and the entire planet economically, militarily and technologically.”
A few weeks ago, Matthew Pottinger, deputy national security adviser and a key official in the U.S. government’s China policy, said, “No regime has more ambition to influence the perceptions, policies and priorities of people in other countries than the Chinese Communist Party.”
Weingarten sees these statements as part of a major effort by the Trump administration to wake up Americans to the Chinese Communist threat and respond to it. This administration has pounced on the attacks launched against us by the Chinese Communist Party by offering a series of such speeches and implementing multiple linked policies to constitute a comprehensive response.
Given the omnipresence of the Chinese Communist Party’s challenge to the United States, he said, it is only logical that all U.S. leaders rise up to help defend the country. He quoted Pompeo as saying, “Protecting American interests requires vigilance, and that vigilance begins with …… all state legislators” and continues, as necessary, with the governors of every state. Every governor should have a record of achievement and policy in dealing with this threat.
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