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Suspected Chinese Spy Targeted California Politicians

Suspected Chinese spy Christine Fang targeted California politicians –  Headlines 360

A suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman, in what U.S. officials believe was a political intelligence operation run by China’s main civilian spy agency between 2011 and 2015, Axios found in a yearlong investigation.

Why it matters: The alleged operation offers a rare window into how Beijing has tried to gain access to and influence U.S. political circles.

  • While this suspected operative’s activities appear to have ended during the Obama administration, concerns about Beijing's influence operations have spanned President Trump’s time in office and will continue to be a core focus for U.S. counterintelligence during the Biden administration.

The woman at the center of the operation, a Chinese national named Fang Fang or Christine Fang, targeted up-and-coming local politicians in the Bay Area and across the country who had the potential to make it big on the national stage.

  • Through campaign fundraising, extensive networking, personal charisma, and romantic or sexual relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors, Fang was able to gain proximity to political power, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials and one former elected official.
  • Even though U.S. officials do not believe Fang received or passed on classified information, the case "was a big deal, because there were some really, really sensitive people that were caught up" in the intelligence network, a current senior U.S. intelligence official said.
  • Private but unclassified information about government officials — such as their habits, preferences, schedules, social networks, and even rumors about them — is a form of political intelligence. Collecting such information is a key part of what foreign intelligence agencies do.

Among the most significant targets of Fang's efforts was Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.).

  • Fang took part in fundraising activity for Swalwell’s 2014 re-election campaign, according to a Bay Area political operative and a current U.S. intelligence official. Swalwell’s office was directly aware of these activities on its behalf, the political operative said. That same political operative, who witnessed Fang fundraising on Swalwell's behalf, found no evidence of illegal contributions.

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https://www.axios.com/china-spy-california-politicians-9d2dfb99-f839-4e00-8bd8-59dec0daf589.html

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  • devildemocommiecrats are corrupt.  I'm sure it didn't take much effort to buy them.  nutty nan, maxine polluted waters, and all the rest are TRAITORS!!!!!

  • You wonder why the Democrats act like traitors?

  • If you assert that New World Order plans are long term, and they are, then a gradual systematic influence peddling and extortion infiltration effort is by no means extreme or paranoiac.

    The NWO servant, the Chinese regime, has been diligent, I think.

    I am impressed by what I have discovered in Confuscian philosophy, that selective corruption of an intended capture is prized for its non-violent results (to them). Mao did not reinvent the Confuscian bureaucracy wheel, but simply modified the arrangement.

    I do not assume any humane respect or decency towards non-chinese by the brutal Chinese Communist Party, except out of fear. They do not show it towards their own citizens.

  • Firing squads are in order.

    • a gallows is reusable

  • THEY ARE ALL DIRTY POS SOLD US OUT THEY BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS 

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