{"id":1907241,"date":"2023-03-30T11:26:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-it-comes-to-communist-chinas-grip-on-u-s-institutions-tiktok-is-only-the-beginning\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:48:56","slug":"when-it-comes-to-communist-chinas-grip-on-u-s-institutions-tiktok-is-only-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-it-comes-to-communist-chinas-grip-on-u-s-institutions-tiktok-is-only-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"When It Comes To Communist China\u2019s Grip On U.S. Institutions, TikTok Is Only The Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhen-it-comes-to-communist-chinas-grip-on-u-s-institutions-tiktok-is-only-the-beginning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1907241&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">TikTok is widely believed to be Chinese Communist Party spyware, making it a simple target for lawmakers and the Biden administration to outlaw.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">However, denying China access to American data could easily serve as a pretext for the ruling class to assert that they are preventing foreign adversaries from infiltrating without actually addressing all of China&#8217;s negative effects on our country.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Communist China poses a serious threat to American security, according to the Biden administration, Congress, states, and organizations like the FBI.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">However, the CCP&#8217;s weaponization of TikTok has been the main focus of recent efforts to address these issues.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Simply put, the U.S. is taking the easy way out of China&#8217;s extensive infiltration campaign by outlawing TikTok.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Americans are under the CCP&#8217;s control, which has been covertly tightened for years.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Other significant ways that communist China has assimilated itself into American institutions are listed below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The family business of Biden<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Dealings with foreign actors, including those connected to communist China, support President Joe Biden&#8217;s family business abroad.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Millions of dollars were funneled to Hunter Biden and his uncle James by businesses that were directly influenced by the CCP to provide legal representation for the &#8220;spy chief of China.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Hunter also assisted his Chinese business partners in securing a deal that gave them control of the cobalt mine in the Congo two weeks after he boarded his father&#8217;s Air Force Two plane for communist China.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The president recently sold oil from emergency reserves to BHR Partners, a Chinese gas tycoon in which Hunter&#8217;s private equity firm once staked $1.7 billion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Even if Joe hadn&#8217;t done anything wrong, his country&#8217;s No.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He is indirectly guilty because of his relationship with Hunter and the access his son received thanks to his father&#8217;s status.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Joe is susceptible to influence from Hunter&#8217;s international friends, including CCP members.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Congress ,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">There are many legislators in Congress who have been compromised by China.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">In order to send political information and personal information back to communist China, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell developed close ties with a Chinese spy who spent years establishing connections with Democrats.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The maritime shipping company owned by the Chao family, which has close ties to the Chinese government, has been the source of wealth for Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chaok.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">the government<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The WeChat account and IT equipment of a Federal Reserve employee were discovered to have been compromised by CCP officials in July 2022, according to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Unfortunately, it wasn&#8217;t a one-off occurrence.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">CCP spy campaigns have also captured the attention of dozens of state and local governments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Land &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">To prevent foreign adversaries like China from acquiring U.S. territory, lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum have raised concerns and put forth bills.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">But so far, the CCP&#8217;s intrusion has not been halted by those efforts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">China will have 384 000 acres of American farmland under its control by 2021, much of it close to American military installations and other vital infrastructure.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">China increased its foreign land investments from $ 300 million to $ 3.3 billion between 2009 and 2016.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Chinese investors frequently associated with the CCP acquired 98 percent more American land in 2021 than they did between 2015 and 2019.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">U.S. officials are aware that China intentionally buys land.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">For instance, CCP plans to &#8220;plant listening devices near sensitive military and government facilities&#8221; were revealed by U.S. officials in 2017.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Skies, too<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">For years, China has used spy balloons to spy on the United States.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Most recently, a CCP balloon that had &#8220;multiple antennas&#8221; for &#8220;intelligence surveillance&#8221; flew over some of the country&#8217;s most sensitive locations over the course of several days.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The Biden administration didn&#8217;t decide to shoot it down until after that journey was over.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Crisis in Fentanyl<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The CCP is committed to increasing the use of fentanyl in the United States because it destabilizes the country and kills tens of thousands of Americans each year, as House Republicans and witnesses demonstrated last week during a hearing of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">In order to accomplish this, China sells and exports the precursor chemicals needed to produce effective and profitable opioids to cartels, which then transport the lethal substance across the southern U.S. border.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">14,700 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection in 2022.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">That doesn&#8217;t take into account the fentanyl that border agents failed to find; it is triple the amount it seized in 2020.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">pharmaceuticals<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">For common generic medications and medical equipment, the United States relies on China, which is the world&#8217;s largest producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">According to a report from the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission from 2019, the Chinese government wants to take advantage of this dependence and dominate the pharmaceutical industry worldwide.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">A CCP propaganda outlet suggested that the Beijing government might stop providing Americans with drugs and equipment in 2020, causing the United States to &#8220;sink into the hell of a novel coronavirus epidemic,&#8221; which further increased China&#8217;s hostility.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">academies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Academic institutions and Confucius Institutes are two of the most well-documented ways that China infiltrates the United States.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">These groups, which are frequently referred to as cultural initiatives, aim to increase China&#8217;s influence and international allies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The Biden administration covertly dropped a Trump-era proposal that required educational institutions to disclose their affiliation with Confucius Institutes rather than fighting against this aspect of China&#8217;s soft power campaign.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Beijing was able to reopen numerous of its infiltration hubs under various names thanks to Biden&#8217;s choice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The administration has also largely disregarded the part Chinese state actors play in taking advantage of American higher education&#8217;s flaws.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Chinese embassies or employees of the People&#8217;s Liberation Army frequently offer advice to Chinese students.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Additionally, since 2013, the Chinese government has been &#8220;the largest source of foreign donations to U.S. universities,&#8221; and since 2011, Chinese sources have taken part in contracts or donations totaling more than $426 million to American universities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Intellectual property<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">China places spies in front-row seats to some of our country&#8217;s most promising technology and innovation as a result of its successful infiltration into higher education.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Numerous trade, military, engineering, and intelligence secrets were stolen as a result of the CCP&#8217;s desire to challenge Americans&#8217; control over the world economy and its access to American institutions that developed useful tools.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">According to the Department of Justice, the Chinese state would gain from &#8220;80% of all economic espionage prosecutions&#8221; it brings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">sports<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">It goes without saying that China compensates the National Basketball Association for American basketball players&#8217; and coaches&#8217; silence regarding human rights abuses committed by the communist government.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">China has recently been successful in persuading NBA officials to halt play and restrict players&#8217; ability to express themselves on issues like the Uyghur genocide and the protests in Hong Kong.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Even the NBA coaches who run basketball camps in the communist nation acknowledged that because of China&#8217;s tight control over the association, they were essentially &#8220;working for the Chinese government.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Electric Vehicles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">China is responsible for &#8220;70 to 80 percent of the world&#8217;s battery chemicals, battery anodes and battery cells&#8221; which means it essentially controls the electric vehicle supply chain.<\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\">As the Biden administration and its Democrat allies push toward requiring Americans to use electric cars over gas &#8211; powered ones, China&#8217;s grip on the global battery market will only tighten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Similarly, the communist country&#8217;s monopoly on rare earth minerals and metals means the CCP controls not just the materials required for &#8220;green technology&#8221; but also &#8220;modern &#8211; day weapons systems&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Wall Street<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">For years now, the CCP has used willing Wall Street firms to leverage its financial influence within the U. S. and around the world.<\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\">This collusion not only sustains the human rights violator but also compromises &#8220;tens of millions of unwitting American investors in the process&#8221;.<\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\">U. S. firms build woke capital on the back of the CCP which, in turn, gets billions of American dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Other Big Tech Companies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">As author Peter Schweizer documented in his book &#8220;Red &#8211; Handed&#8221;, China has &#8220;courted and seduced many powerful people in America&#8217;s tech industry to willingly, and sometimes enthusiastically&#8221; advance the communist country&#8217;s goal of technological supremacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Facebook, Google, Apple, and Elon Musk&#8217;s Tesla all cater to the CCP&#8217;s wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Hollywood<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Despite its extensively reported penchant for wokeness, Hollywood is all too willing to censor its productions to stay in the good graces of communist China to preserve overseas profits.<\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\">The CCP&#8217;s ability to control what hits screens is just another way China exports its authoritarian ideology to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Media<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">China not only runs propaganda but also employs the help of American corporate media outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and Bloomberg, which have built cozy relationships with Chinese officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">The compromising nature of these ties became especially prominent beginning in 2020 when the propaganda press helped the CCP spread lies about the origins of Covid &#8211; 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Pretty much every major U. S. institution is ripe for reforms that would root out foreign influences like China.<\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\">If the U. S. government is serious about combatting China&#8217;s sway, a ban on TikTok should signal the beginning, not the end, of a war on China&#8217;s infiltration of American systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co &#8211; producer of The Federalist Radio Hour.<\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\">Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics.<\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\">Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.<\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\">Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Academia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">CCP<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">China<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">corporate media<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Electric Vehicles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">fentanyl<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Hollywood<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Hunter Biden<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Joe Biden<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">pharmaceuticals<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">rare earth minerals<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">spy balloon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">TikTok<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Wall Street<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\">Xi Jingping<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a wide, bipartisan consensus that TikTok is effectively Chinese Communist Party spyware, which makes it an easy target for legislators and the Biden administration to ban. 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