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China Seems To Influence Too Many Influence Americans
Whether in political parties or the new media, there seems to be a whole lot of Chinese-friendly ideas floating around.
Allan J. Feifer | April 21, 2026
China has successfully infiltrated every aspect of American politics, and we’re seeing the consequences. What paved the way forward was the utter fragmentation of the American political scene. No longer do we have a strong Democrat-versus-Republican divide; instead, myriad political splinter groups, Democrat subsets: labor-backed organizers, libertarian-leaning activists, pro-immigration coalitions, and growing Muslim and other identity-based blocs, or the smaller number of Republican subsets: evangelical conservatives, MAGA-aligned populists, America Firsters, or defense hawks.
In addition, our government is fragmented: there are no longer three branches but four, if one counts the administrative state; five, if one counts the leftist media; or even six, if one counts all the leftist NGOs; all wielding greater influence derived from soft and dark money injected into the process by influencers, known and unknown.
The end result is intentionally driving polarization and blocking compromise, fostering corruption and foreign influence, while endangering our national security. Fragmentation has specifically benefited China by making it easier for China to influence specific “wings” surreptitiously, further dividing our country, as is their intent.
Identity-based blocs have made us vulnerable to infiltration, corruption, and classic intelligence ops, including honey traps, blackmail, sabotage, and subversion. And while there does seem to be a China problem on the right, the problem has been more obvious among Democrats, with several high-profile cases.
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