Exclusive: 600 U.S. Groups Linked to Chinese Communist Party Influence Effort with Ambition Beyond Election. Chinese intelligence operatives developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including U.S. congressman, Main Stream News Outlets, Facebook, Twitter and Google. A political intelligence operation run by China’s main civilian spy agency offers a rare window into how has gained access to and influence U.S. political circles. Interviews with some two dozen analysts, government officials and other U.S.-China specialists, as part of a four-month investigation by Newsweek, suggest there are myriad other ways in which the Communist Party of China (CPC) and other government-linked entities have been working, through multiple channels in the U.S. at the federal, state and local level, to foster conditions and connections that will further Beijing's political and economic interests and ambitions.
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- PublishedDecember 8, 2020 at 8:00 AM UTC
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