In case you missed it, a new article in the Washington Times highlights a comprehensive report from Citizens For Free Enterprise Action and State Armor, “Threat Assessment: The CCP Threat and How State Leaders Can Protect Our Country and Citizens”. The report details how the Chinese Communist Party is attempting to subvert the United States through state and local influence opperations. The report also presents actions state leaders can take to protect their citizens from CCP threats.
Below you will find excerpts from the article. The Threat Assessment can be viewed in its entirety here.
Washington Times: China taking aim at U.S. states for subversion, new report warns
Bill Gertz
1/29/2025
The People’s Republic of China is focused on subverting the United States through operations at the state and local level, and greater efforts are needed to counter the danger, according to a report made public Wednesday.
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Former Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, head of Citizens for Free Enterprise and author of one of the sections of the report, said state governors are becoming better educated about subversive Chinese activities and are working with their legislatures to meet the challenge.
“Our goal with ’Threat Assessment’ is to sound the alarm for state leaders and give them a playbook and tools so they can take action to protect their states from CCP threats,” Mr. Ducey said. “This is a drum that we intend to continue to beat.”
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Mr. Ducey, the former Arizona governor, said local officials need greater support and information from federal law enforcement and intelligence officials to neutralize Chinese operations that include offers of economic development.
“If the goal is to promote state economic development, there are far better ways to benefit your state and community than by acting as an unwitting participant in the [China’s] influence operations,” Mr. Ducey said.
Governors should develop strategies to bring back critical production in their states and attract foreign direct investment from trusted nations “that share our values and not adversaries that are trying to engineer our downfall,” he said.
Mr. Ducey was in office when in 2020 the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) agreed to spend $12 billion on a microchip plant in Arizona. they’ve punished some of these corporations that have made really poor, woke decisions.