China’s ‘united front’ influence operations seek to undermine American society, report warns -
The report by a former Hong Kong police intelligence officer contends that the subversive operations are increasing under Chinese President Xi Jinping and are founded an ancient strategy called “sowing discord.”
“We must proactively defend our democracies and prevent them from being undermined, but in order to do so, we must first understand the nature of the threat being posed by the CCP,” writes report author Martin Purbrick,a former officer of the Hong Kong police special branch and criminal intelligence bureau.
An example is the operation involved a Chinese agent named Fang Fang who reportedly engaged in an affair with Rep. Eric Swalwell, California Democrat. Mr. Swalwell denied leaking any secrets during the relationship, however, he was recently removed from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence by new Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The Jamestown Foundation report said more assertive propaganda efforts by the Chinese government to influence foreign societies are linked to united front work that evolved from the Chinese Communist Party’s earliest days after it was founded in 1921 . “This undermining of U.S. and Western societies is not as systematic or effective as Russian political subversion, but the PRC may learn more effective execution if it sees a benefit in using a ‘strategy of sowing discord’ to pressure the U.S. government,” the report said.Chinese leaders often refer to the classic “Thirty-Six Stratagems,” a text used by the Chinese for centuries as a guide to politics and war.
United front operations serve a dual role of perpetuating CCP one-party rule and influencing foreign governments through soft power means. Canada is currently embroiled in a scandal over illicit Chinese government funding of Canadian political activities. Efforts to influence activities in favor of the CCP in Taiwan, however, have largely failed, the report said.
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