Natural News: Chinese spy targeted California politicians while posing as Bay Area university student

(Natural News) A Chinese spy targeted a number of Democrat politicians in California while posing as a university student. Chinese national Fang Fang, who went by the Western name Christine Fang, established links with these politicians between 2011 and 2015 at the behest of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and two Midwestern mayors were among the politicians Fang targeted for intelligence gathering, Axios reported.

Her earliest known engagement with the congressman was through the Chinese Student Association, back when Swalwell was still a Dublin City council member. Fang had developed close ties to his office and had risen in local political circles by 2014.

Fang raised money for Swalwell in her capacity as a bundler for the congressman, which a current U.S. intelligence official confirmed. Bundlers such as Fang persuade others to write checks for politicians’ campaigns, bringing in huge amounts of funds and deepening the campaign’s engagement with target communities. In addition, she facilitated the potential assignment of interns into Swalwell’s office – with one intern backed by Fang being assigned to the representative’s Washington, D.C. office.

Two Midwestern mayors were also included in Fang’s list. First, she struck up a relationship with an older mayor “from an obscure city.” Former Cupertino Mayor Gilbert Wong told Axios that this older mayor referred to Fang as his “girlfriend” and insisted the relationship between them was genuine during a 2014 conference in Washington. Fang also had a sexual encounter with an Ohio mayor inside a vehicle electronically monitored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): She reportedly lured in the Ohio mayor by asking him to help her improve her English.

The FBI surveilled Fang after federal agents caught wind of her activities, with the bureau’s San Francisco office warning politicians of her ties with China. She abruptly left the U.S. in 2015 to the confusion of her political contacts and has not returned since. Wong remarked: “She disappeared off the face of everything.”

Meanwhile, Swalwell’s office told Axios in a statement that he “provided information” about Fang to the FBI and cut ties with her in 2015 following a defensive briefing. No case was filed against Fang.

Fang’s intelligence-gathering activities in California are part of China’s “long-game strategy”

Targeting Swalwell made sense for Fang: The congressman’s 2012 campaign against a longtime incumbent relied heavily on Asian American support, a former East Bay congressional staffer said. His campaign’s reliance on Asian American support made ties to the Chinese-American community especially important.

In addition, intelligence officials and numerous political figures said Fang attended conferences for mayors around the U.S., going to extraordinary lengths to meet and befriend politicians as part of her espionage activities. (Related: Chinese espionage operations in the U.S. are “off the scale,” warns analyst.)

Former Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison told Axios that FBI officials contacted him in August 2015 and warned him about Fang’s suspected activities in the Bay Area. He added that bureau agents said her activities were part of a “long-game play” aimed at local politicians, with the strategy being “to strike up a relationship with you and see if you move up the line.”

Harrison knew Fang because she volunteered in his office and participated in numerous local political and community events.

Fang’s case mirrors earlier espionage attempts by naturalized American citizen Baimadajie Angwang, who authorities arrested in September over allegations that he spied for China. The 33-year-old ethnic Tibetan who was a member of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) used his law enforcement position to report on the activities of ethnic Tibetans, assess potential ethnic Tibetan intelligence and liaise with consulate and senior NYPD officials.

The FBI said in a complaint that Angwang has been “in frequent communication” with a Chinese consular official since June 2018. An intercepted phone call between the NYPD officer and the consul official revealed that Angwang proposed to relay information about the police department’s inner workings to the Chinese consulate. Angwang even suggested that the said official attend NYPD’s events as a gesture “to raise [China’s] soft power.”

Later that month, the South China Morning Post reported that a federal judge in New York state denied Angwang bail. Magistrate Judge Roane Mann granted prosecutors’ request for continued detention, as the law enforcement officer may use his ties to China to avoid the law.

Find out more news about attempts by the Chinese regime to spy on the U.S. at Surveillance.news.

Sources include:

TheGatewayPundit.com

Axios.com

ABC7NY.com

SCMP.com

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9 Comments

  1. DAN III December 29, 2020 at 09:14

    So what ?

    ChiCom spies and American Democrat politicians having a lovefest together.

    Not one of the seditious Amerikans will see the inside of a federal jail cell, let alone a date with the hangman.

    Reminder….Diane Feinstein, D-CPUSA, had a Chinese spy as her chauffeur for 20 YEARS ! Did the ChiCom spy go to Leavenworth ? Did the long-standing, seditious Feinstein have a date with the gallows ?

    “Lock her up !”….I am STILL waiting.

    • NC Scout December 29, 2020 at 09:25

      Yeah and you’ve shown up on this site and a lot of others over the years and done jack shit. And that attitude is literally the problem.

    • StormN December 29, 2020 at 11:00

      It’s good to be aware of some of China’s methods of taking advantage of our free society and our corrupt officials. I’m sure China’s restricted society does a better job of ‘protecting’ itself. But let’s not forget that several other countries are doing the same. Even our friend Israel is far from innocent or harmless in this regard. Bottom line is we have to be careful of anyone’s background in sensitive positions (not just government) and of ‘draining the swamp’ of corruption.

  2. CalitoWIscoIII% December 29, 2020 at 10:43

    As a former resident of the cesspool of the Bay Area, & formerly living 0.5 miles away from FBs HQ & google campus. I can tell you for a fact I’ve seen spies from China taking pictures in multiple cities & county offices throughout the Bay Area.

    Heavy Chinese presence in downtown Mountain View & downtown Palo Alto.To the point the CCP flew in a private jet the city council of Mountain View, with no information release about what the meeting was about. Just a press release of the flight. What HQ are located in Mountain View? Google.

    They tend to pose as ‘students’ at Stanford & even at local community colleges, such as Foothill Community college.They tend to very private with very low interactions with the ‘locals’. Most homes in the Bay Area are being bought by mostly Chinese with straight up cash money. I believes these homes become like, ‘safe houses’ for communications with the CCP & planing out spy activities.

    Just remember all republicans and democrats kids all go to the same 20 schools, they all go to the same parties, fuck-the-same hookers, send their kids to the same private schools, have the same lawyers.

    It is one big club and none of us are in it. George Carlin.

    • Johnny Paratrooper December 29, 2020 at 12:20

      Did you report any of this to the FBI, DHS, and Military Intelligence?
      Because you should have. I have on multiple occasions and busted some serious criminals.
      The system works when we are proactive and participate.
      The system fails when we just drive around aimlessly, scroll on our cell phones, and complain on the internet.
      I have busted some SERIOUS operations in my day. Be your own hero. It feels good. Much better than lamenting in the comments sections.

      Watch out for ISI, MS-13, and the Chinese Fox Gangs. You’ll be followed. They will send hookers to your hotels. It’s pretty exciting stuff my dude. Don’t be afraid of these people. This is our turf. Not theirs. I even got a false Red Flag filed on me in my homestate(Which is blue). The police negotiator and I had a few laughs and spoke for some time. He, and others, knew it was a False report(AKA a SWATing). Cause 35 year Police Vets know their stuff and aren’t stupid.

      It’s gonna be Ok. Not perfect and not easy. But OK. Get off the bench and on the field. It’s exciting, fun, and you meet cool people.

      • StormN December 29, 2020 at 14:13

        I had no clue. Very interesting. I haven’t seen any of this but then I don’t have the skills to know what to look for. Also I live in the Phoenix metro area – spread out, not dense, not so liberal – yet. An article or two on the fundamentals would be appreciated.

        Some years ago before Agenda 21 was generally known I had unhappy interactions with my neighborhood association/gestapo. I knew something was up because I would keep hearing the buss words ‘sustainability’ ,’sustainable’ and ‘vision’ but I couldn’t put it together until years later when I listened to Rosa Koire. Man, was that some wake up call!

        • Johnny Paratrooper December 29, 2020 at 16:52

          I suggest you start with the founding doctrine. Marx’s writings, The Koran, what the cartels stand for, their origin stories. And then build from there. If you read The Communist Manifest, you should then read a book like “The Naked Communist” because “The Naked Communist” was written about 100 years after the fact. You’ll learn things that surprise you. Communists do learn their lessons and have adjusted their principles in many respects. There are also other details, for instance, many people on the right suffer from the misconception that communists don’t believe in making money, innovation, and running functional businesses. That’s absolutely incorrect. They very much understand the functions of labor, technology, and labor management. Marx argues that the surplus of capital should go to the workers who produce the product. Not the owners of the business who, if I recall his argument correctly, should be paid a fair wage.

          Once you understand that, You’ll understand modern day things like “Non-profits”.
          Or if you read the Koran, Surah, and Haddiths you’ll understand why Muslims act the way the do.

          There are other writers too. Like Jean Paul Sartre or Charles De Gaulle. To name a few French characters. There are FAR too many to list. I haven’t even touched Eastern Philosophers yet. Though I am vaguely familiar with them and their importance.

          You’ll NEVER get inside the mind of your enemy looking at “right wing” memes and listening to right wing writers or speakers.
          Those people are nearly 100% controlled opposition. With very, very few exceptions. Like this website.
          I have never heard Ben Shapiro or Joe Rogan speak factually on Communism or Islam. Ever. How is that Possible? Because it is fake news propaganda.

          Propaganda is designed to disarm you mentally. It creates Fear or Contentment. Disarming you. Fear motivates some people, so propaganda is typically designed to create a false understanding of your situation. Which results in the wrong answer.
          Ergo, the 2+2=5 effect we get from Eric Blair AKA George Orwell. We are fed false information so we generate the wrong reaction AKA the wrong answer to the proposed question.

          That’s why I like the meme “If you only knew how bad things really are”. Because most people honestly don’t know. Which is why we keep spinning our wheels with our foot on the brakes. And nothing changes. But people are QUICK learners. And we are rapidly approaching the final exam.

          • NC Scout December 29, 2020 at 16:57

            Don’t leave out Antonio Gramsci.

          • StormN December 30, 2020 at 11:06

            JP, I was referring to the more specific skills of I.D.ing the bad guys, ms-13, etc., on the street.

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