Targeting national and local leaders China is pushing to influence Beijing-friendly policies: Intel officials

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Wednesday intelligence agencies have "manipulated" state and local leaders to uphold the "hidden" agenda by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)sought by China. Warned that there is a danger. Targeting officials outside Washington to lobby for Beijing-friendly policies at the federal level.

WednesdayNational Counterintelligence and Security Center(NCTC) said that as tensions between Washington and Beijing increased, China "influenced US policy and China's geopolitics. We are trying to use US local relations to move the science forward. " Profit. 

NCTC said that China's influence operations in the United States expanded support for China's interests among state and local leaders and took advantage of their relationship to "Beijing." To put pressure on Washington for amicable policies. "

"China understands thatUS state and localleaders enjoy some degree of independence from Washington, including improving US economic cooperation. The United States against China's policies against Taiwan, Tibetans, Uighurs, democratic activists, etc., in cooperation with China, which may try to use them as agents to advocate the U.S. national policies that Beijing desires. Has reduced criticism, "NCTC explained.

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President Biden is a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, D.C. We will meet with Chinese President Joe Biden. , November 15, 2021.(Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)

The People's Republic of China and CCP continue to have a direct impact on Washington, but NCTC "surrounds the center. "Use the locals for the sake of it," some said, adding that it is stepping up its efforts to "cultivate US state and local leaders." 

"For China and CCP, targeting national and local entities may be an effective way to pursue agenda that may be more difficult at the national level. Yes, "the NCTC warned that China would impact its business. It can be deceptive and intimidating, and can be "a seemingly benign business opportunity or person-to-person interaction, sometimes obscuring China's political agenda." 

NCTC should also be aware of financial incentives that may be used to attract local leaders, given its focus on local economic issues. Warned the authorities.

"In some cases, China or its agents not only pressure state and local leaders to act in line with local needs, but sometimes beyond the national interests of the United States. We may move on to the agenda, "NCTC explained. "By its very nature, these efforts can have corrosive impacts on targeted societies, and threaten the completeness of the US policy-making process, leading to the civilian, economic and political life of the United States. May interfere with functionality. "

Intelligence Agency Is involved in all agreements and is vigilant in claiming transparency, while maintaining ties with U.S. authorities such as the FBI and the Department of Land Security that have worked with the states and communities involved in China. thing. (Huang Jingwen / Xinhua via AP)

Intelligence agencies are actually working on China, including an example when the Chinese Consulate went in 2020. I pointed out some examples of. Chinese officials praised China for itsefforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemicand contacted the senator with a resolution requesting the senator to introduce a passage resolution in the legislature. did.

According to the NCTC, China's external influence activities can be "obvious," like the public diplomacy where the role of the Chinese government is "open and unambiguous." However, these activities could also be a "secret" in which China's role is hidden. Activities can also be "essentially compulsory or even criminal." 

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Ray pointed out the "complex, lasting and pervasive danger" that China poses to both the country and other western allies.

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"We consistently pose the greatest long-term threat to our economy and national security. We believe that is the Chinese government. "Our" means both of us,and Europeand allies elsewhere, "Ray said. ..

He said, "It is the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party that pose the threat we are focusing on countering, not the Chinese, but certainly the Chinese in our country. They themselves are often sacrificed, not immigrants. " Illegal aggression of the Chinese government.

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Ray is the Chinese government "It's a more serious threat to Western businesses than many sophisticated business people are aware of," he said. "The danger" from China is "complex and growing." 

"The Chinese government hasstealing your technology,-whatever it stimulates your industry-and using it to undermine your business. It's set to turn and dominate your market, "Ray said. .. "And they're embarking on using all the tools they have at their disposal to do that."