{"id":2100470,"date":"2023-11-16T05:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-ignores-intelligence-warnings-strengthens-ties-with-ccp-linked-climate-group\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T05:34:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T10:34:15","slug":"gavin-newsom-ignores-intelligence-warnings-strengthens-ties-with-ccp-linked-climate-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-ignores-intelligence-warnings-strengthens-ties-with-ccp-linked-climate-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Ignores Intelligence Warnings, Strengthens Ties With CCP-Linked Climate Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fgavin-newsom-ignores-intelligence-warnings-strengthens-ties-with-ccp-linked-climate-group%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=2100470&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--><h2>California Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s Controversial Climate Partnership with China<\/h2>\n<p>California governor\u200c Gavin\u2064 Newsom recently\u2064 made headlines for his\u200c efforts to clean up \u2063San Francisco ahead of Chinese president \u2064Xi \u200dJinping&#8217;s\u200b visit to the city. However, this is just the beginning of\u200d a \u2064growing climate \u2063partnership between Sacramento and Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>The heart \u200dof this relationship lies in the California-China Climate Institute at \u2062the University of California, Berkeley. Established in 2019 by former\u2064 California Governor \u200cJerry Brown, this institute collaborates with\u2063 various Chinese\u200d Communist Party organizations to promote climate cooperation between \u2062California and\u2062 China. Brown,\u2064 along\u200c with \u2064Xie Zhenhua, China&#8217;s special representative \u2062for climate change affairs,\u2063 played\u2062 a \u2064key role \u2064in organizing Newsom&#8217;s trip to\u200d China in\u200b October.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Newsom officially\u2063 recognized the \u200cCalifornia-China Climate Institute as a state-sponsored group through \u2062legislation, requiring it to work with \u2062Chinese institutions to\u200b train California government leaders on climate issues.<\/p>\n<p>The institute&#8217;s partners include Tsinghua University,\u200b which has been labeled a &#8220;very high risk&#8221; institution by the Australian \u2064Strategic Policy Institute\u2062 due\u200d to its alleged involvement in cyberattacks. Additionally, the institute collaborates with \u2062the Chinese People&#8217;s Association for Friendship \u2062with\u200c Foreign\u200c Countries, a group that \u200dthe \u200dState Department has warned is used \u2062by Beijing to influence state and local leaders for its own global agenda.<\/p>\n<p>California has become a\u2064 breeding\u2064 ground \u2063for progressive\u2064 politicians who are \u2064willing to align themselves with \u200cChina. The Chinese People&#8217;s Association, in collaboration with the California-China Climate Institute, praised California for its cooperation and \u2064close exchanges with\u200b China, positioning the\u200b state at the forefront of \u2064U.S.-China relations.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have\u200c raised concerns about Newsom&#8217;s involvement in China&#8217;s climate agenda.\u200d Mary Kissel, a national security expert, highlighted California\u2064 as a target for CCP influence \u200doperations due\u2064 to its large mainland population and its role as an innovation hub in Silicon Valley. \u2064Anders Corr, an intelligence\u200d analyst, warned that China aims to compromise influential individuals like Newsom to weaken \u200cWashington&#8217;s bargaining\u2062 power and promote its own\u200c economic interests.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200b the California-China Climate Institute argues that partnering \u2063with China\u2063 is necessary \u2064to address the climate crisis. According \u200dto a spokesperson for\u2062 the institute, their focus is on sharing research, solutions, and encouraging dialogue to \u200censure that California, the U.S., and \u200cChina, as \u200dthe world&#8217;s \u2063largest\u2063 emitter, can collectively reduce harmful climate pollution.<\/p>\n<p>While relations between the U.S. \u2062and\u200d China remain strained at \u2062the federal level, the Biden administration has\u200c faced criticism for maintaining green energy partnerships with China while remaining\u200c silent on Beijing&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a>. Newsom,\u200c during his meeting with Xi, \u2063chose \u2063to\u200c prioritize climate discussions \u200cover addressing China&#8217;s human rights \u200cviolations \u200bagainst the Uyghurs.<\/p>\n<p>Other\u2063 progressive California politicians, \u2064including Jerry Brown, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, and California treasurer\u2063 Fiona Ma, \u200dhave\u200d also\u200b engaged with \u200cChinese organizations, further \u200cfueling concerns about China&#8217;s influence in\u200d the state.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&#8217;s \u200doffice declined to comment\u200b on these matters.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is the level of transparency and\u200b accountability within the California-China\u2064 Climate Institute, and how does\u2063 it impact \u200bthe\u200c decision-making processes and interests \u200cof California<\/h2>\n<p><span>  S. These partnerships raise concerns about the potential for Chinese\u2063 influence \u200cin California&#8217;s climate policies \u200dand decision-making processes.<\/p>\n<p>One\u200b of\u2063 the main objectives \u2062of the California-China Climate Institute is to facilitate technology transfers between\u2063 California and China. While the exchange of ideas and innovations is crucial for \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-actually-says-global-warming-is-more-frightening-than-nuclear-war-while-in-chinas-backyard\/\" title=\"Biden: 'Global Warming Scarier Than Nuclear War' in China\">addressing \u2063climate change<\/a>, there are valid concerns about the \u200bprotection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-and-nasa-send-crew-to-international-space-station\/\" title=\"SpaceX and NASA launch crew to ISS.\">intellectual property\u200c rights<\/a> and the \u200bsecurity of advanced technologies. Critics argue that \u2063by collaborating closely with Chinese entities, California may inadvertently be exposing sensitive information and technologies to a\u2063 country known \u2064for its aggressive tactics in acquiring foreign intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, critics argue that California&#8217;s climate partnership with China undermines the United States&#8217; position on global \u2062climate leadership. As the \u200bworld&#8217;s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China has a long track record of falling short on its commitments to reduce emissions. By partnering with \u200bChina, \u200dCalifornia risks legitimizing its inadequate climate action and diverting attention from other nations that are \u2064genuinely working towards \u200bmeaningful \u2064emissions reductions.<\/p>\n<p>Another point\u2064 of contention is the \u200ctransparency and accountability of the \u2064institute. Despite being officially recognized as a state-sponsored group, the California-China Climate Institute operates with\u200c limited public oversight and transparency. This lack of transparency raises questions about the decision-making \u2063processes within the\u2062 institute \u2063and whether it is truly serving the best interests of the state of California.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200dthe wake\u200c of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been growing scrutiny of China&#8217;s role\u200d in global affairs, including its influence over international organizations\u200c and its handling of public health crises. Against this backdrop, California&#8217;s deepening climate partnership with\u2062 China raises concerns about the potential for undue influence and the prioritization of geopolitical interests over effective climate action.<\/p>\n<p>While the goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-ignores-intelligence-warnings-strengthens-ties-with-ccp-linked-climate-group\/\" title=\"Gavin Newsom Ignores Intelligence Warnings, Strengthens Ties With CCP-Linked Climate Group\">addressing climate change requires global\u200c cooperation<\/a>, it is essential to ensure that partnerships and collaborations are based on mutual respect, transparency, and shared values. California&#8217;s climate partnership with China should be subject to \u200ccareful scrutiny and\u200c robust oversight to\u2063 safeguard against any potential risks to the state&#8217;s interests and ensure that climate action is driven by \u2062science, \u200cintegrity, and the shared goal\u200d of a sustainable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California governor Gavin Newsom gained attention for quickly cleaning up San Francisco before Chinese president Xi Jinping&#8217;s visit. However, this is just the beginning of the growing climate partnership between Sacramento and Beijing. The main focus of this relationship is the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":2100471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2100470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2100471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2100470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2100470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}