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Chinese Communist Party Funds Washington Think Tanks

China's Communist Party is intensifying covert influence operations in the U.S. that include funding Washington think tanks and coercing Chinese Americans

Remember this the next time you see a study or announcement from:

· Johns Hopkins School of Advance International Studies

· Brookings Institution

· Atlantic Council

· Center for American Progress

· EastWest Institute

· Carter Center

· Carnegie Endowment for International Peace


This is similar to the Chinese infiltration of colleges and universities through its Confucius Institutes.

China's goal in funding think tanks is to attempt to change debates on China without Beijing having to use its own voice.


"Beijing seeks to outsource its messaging in part because it believes foreigners are more likely to accept propaganda if it appears to come from non-Chinese sources, (by the way, perhaps they learned this from the Democrat Party who does the same with the leftist main stream media, newspapers (NY Times, WAPO, etc.) and university researchers – Jack) the report said.

Chinese intelligence agents also work with the United Front Work Department to recruit students who are then called on to curtail universities' discussion of China.


China targets students through 142 Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSA) in the United States.

As an open society, the United States of America is vulnerable to such infiltration.

I’d add that Facebook and Google are also in bed with the Chinese Communists. Who knows how much that influences their algorithms and practices in the U.S. as well as in China?