Jim Geraghty of National Review Online highlights a disturbing new report about communist China’s influence on American soil.
Tear your eyes away from campaign coverage for a few moments and contemplate a pair of bombshells regarding the Chinese government’s far-reaching efforts to influence U.S. policy and suppress critics of the regime — violently, on U.S. soil. First, the Washington Post unveils a shocking report, showcasing how agents of the regime in Beijing attempted to curb-stomp pro-democracy activists during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco last November. Then, federal prosecutors announced charges against Linda Sun, the former deputy chief of staff to Kathy Hochul, for being an agent of the Chinese government in exchange for “millions of dollars in bribes.”
You know whom I want to win the 2024 elections? American elected officials who work for Americans, not Xi Jinping. Apparently, they’re rarer than you would expect. …
… When the mainstream media does good and important journalism, I think conservatives ought to applaud and encourage more of it, and yesterday, the Post unveiled a doozy, showcasing the scale and range of violence during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November — violence that appears to have been directed and facilitated by agents of the Chinese government, targeting democracy activists and critics of the regime. …
… This isn’t over in Beijing or Hong Kong or Wuhan. This is on the streets of San Francisco — U.S. soil. This is America, where you have every right to say, “F*** Xi Jinping” without some Beijing-financed thugs leaving you bloody and unconscious in the street. That happened!
This isn’t really a foreign-policy issue anymore. This is a question of sovereignty, and whether the Chinese government gets veto power over certain American citizens’ rights to free speech and free assembly.
