US Intelligence Warns of Chinese Influence Effort Against States
- Beijing may seek to exploit long-standing cultural exchanges
- Agency warns against blanket suspicions of all China contacts
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China’s government is seeking to exploit years of business and cultural relations with US state and local leaders to further its geopolitical and military objectives, according to a US intelligence advisory on Wednesday.
“As tensions between Beijing and Washington have grown, the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under President Xi Jinping has increasingly sought to exploit these China-U.S. subnational relationships to influence U.S. policies and advance PRC geopolitical interests,” the National Counterintelligence and Security Center said in a bulletin.