Li Meng (President of CAECA)

 

(Chen Xu, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee and Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council (right), CAECA President Li Meng (left))

Mr. Li Meng, president of the Chinese American Economic and Cultural Association (CAECA), gave a speech stating:

“I come from Dehong, Yunnan Province, and came to the United States in 1991 to seek opportunities. Over the past 33 years, I have experienced the three chapters of life: survival, development, and giving back to society. For years, I have been involved in the overseas Chinese community, holding positions in the Huaxia Chinese School, the Chinese American Association, the American Chinese Culinary Federation, Chinese Chambers of Commerce, and CAECA.”

🎯 Key Implication:
He openly declares deep engagement in the overseas Chinese network—a classic CCP United Front target group—across education, business, culture, and politics.

“Overseas Chinese leaders must contribute financially, devote effort, and apply wisdom; the work is not easy.”

🔍 Strategic Significance:
This echoes the CCP’s expectation of “三投”侨领（投钱、投人、投情感）—suggesting loyalty, effort, and ideological affinity.

“On March 14, 2015, the Washington Chapter of the American Chinese Culinary Federation was founded with a grand ceremony held at the Capitol Hill Conference Hall. Twenty U.S. Congressmen and over 500 people attended—marking an unprecedented event where Chinese Americans hosted a major event in the U.S. Capitol.”

⚠️ Red Flag:
Organizing such a large-scale event with bipartisan lawmakers under the name of a culinary group is a classic “soft power” United Front tactic, creating a deceptive appearance of benign cultural exchange while penetrating U.S. political networks.

“On January 20, 2017, CAECA organized a 15-member delegation to attend President Trump’s inauguration. This was an unprecedented event where a Chinese American group formally attended a presidential inauguration.”

📌 Pattern Emerges:
By building credibility with both parties (Trump's GOP in 2017 and Democrat Wiley Nickel later), CAECA positions itself as a CCP-friendly bridge to both U.S. political camps.

“Two years ago, when Wiley Nickel ran for U.S. Congress in North Carolina, we personally organized a fundraising and promotion event for him. It became his most successful fundraising event and helped him win the race by a slim margin. A few months ago, we went to Washington to attend the Chinese American Conference, and when visiting him, he personally gave me a congressional commemorative coin with his name on it—which I now present as a gift to Director Chen Xu.”

🚨 Final Bombshell:

• A U.S. Congress member's personal gift—a token of trust—was handed to the CCP’s United Front Vice Minister (陈旭, 中共中央统战部副部长兼国务院侨办主任).

• This act symbolically transfers access and recognition from a U.S. lawmaker to a Chinese Communist Party leader.

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🧨 Conclusion: CAECA as a United Front Hub

• Li Meng is not merely a cultural ambassador or community leader.

• His track record shows clear alignment with CCP objectives—specifically through:

  • Bridging U.S. Congress and CCP officials

  • Leveraging “neutral” cultural organizations for political gain

  • Facilitating covert CCP access to American democratic institutions via “grassroots” events

His open gifting of a congressional item to Chen Xu, one of China’s top political warfare operatives in charge of overseas Chinese work, seals the case: Li Meng and CAECA are functioning as strategic extensions of Beijing’s United Front infrastructure.