A PRC-linked foundation should not be able to set up shop hundreds of feet from the chief executive’s residence.
Despite the recent warming, or stabilizing, of relations between the United States and China, China’s pattern of encroaching on sensitive US government and military sites persists. According to the House Select Committee on China, Beijing’s United Front Work Department (UFWD) operations blend “engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations” to steer foreign policy and gain access to advanced foreign technology.
Their work encroaches on America’s sovereignty, from overt ownership of golf courses and farmland to subtler influence through university grants and the co-opting of government personnel. Now, a recent discovery of a major Chinese purchase just 650 feet from the White House should underscore the need to reform our foreign investment oversight.
