Heritage Foundation senior fellow Michael Pillsbury highlights the threat posed by China to the U.S. on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
I testified before the House Oversight Committee about Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in the United States. For an American of my generation, testifying before a congressional committee is a big deal, and an honor.
But, I suspected the hearing could be derailed for political purposes – and it was. Maybe you saw the headlines about the hearing’s "chaos"?
As a result, there were several crucial topics I didn’t cover in my testimony. I’ll get to them, but first, here’s what I did cover.
Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Bottom line: America no longer enjoys the protection of "distance" that our strategic community has taken for granted for centuries. The last time the American mainland faced a serious invasion by a foreign power was the War of 1812.
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The CCP has systematically taken away that advantage through a multifront political warfare campaign against us.
The most obvious way is CCP cyber penetration of America and Americans. Communists sitting in China are in our critical infrastructure, communications systems,........