Chinese boast of operatives 'inside America's core circle of power'

pipedreams · December 8, 2020

Academic says Trump trade war cut off spies

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Sunday, December 6, 2020

"China influenced American policies for decades through a covert network of “old friends” — sympathizers and agents — who had penetrated the highest levels of the U.S. government and financial institutions before the Trump administration, according to an academic linked to the Chinese government.

Di Dongsheng, a professor and associate dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing, also suggested in a Nov. 28 speech that China‘s Communist Party helped Hunter Biden, a son of presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden, obtain Chinese business deals.

On influencing the United States, Mr. Di said, he could not provide further details about the work of Chinese agents without compromising their identities. However, he said President Trump‘s trade war with China upset decades of close ties between Washington and Beijing that the agent network facilitated."

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/6/china-agents-us-government-helped-influence-policy/