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(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.
🧨 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.
（ Lily Tang Williams (唐蓉 or 唐百合), Yukong Zhao and Xi Van Fleet (范希) appeared together）
（CAECA President Li Meng and other CAECA members together with Yukong Zhao)
(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))
In the wake of growing bipartisan concern about the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) subversive operations in the United States, a closer examination of lesser-known but well-connected figures in local American elections is warranted. Among them stands Lily Tang Williams, with another name Tang Baihe (formerly known as Tang Rong), a Colorado-based political aspirant whose candidacy raises significant national security questions. The scope of this article focuses on her associations with Chinese state-linked actors like Zhao Yukong, Zhou Quan of IDG Capital, and Lin Jing of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Alumni Association in Chicago.
Section I: Lily Tang Williams’ Biography and Ties to CCP-Linked Networks
Lily Tang Williams, born Tang Rong in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was a faculty member at Fudan University Law School and a CCP party member. In the 1980s, she left China under the framework of China’s “self-funded overseas study” policies. According to official Chinese regulations at the time, such individuals—especially professional technical personnel like lecturers—were required to obtain approval from their work units, retain their party membership, and report their status to diplomatic missions abroad. Party committees of Chinese consulates were instructed to maintain contact and even establish formal party cells among overseas students.
In 1995, Tang returned to China to bring her mother to the U.S., indicating freedom of movement and continuing ties. In 2002, she organized a Colorado lawyers’ delegation to China to build long-term ties with Chinese legal professionals. From 2000 to 2018, she served as President of ACM International Corporation, a consulting firm offering legal and business services to U.S. law firms and corporations operating in China. These services included joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, IP protection, litigation, and arbitration—all embedded within China's legal system. ACM maintained affiliations with Chinese law firms, thereby reinforcing systemic ties to CCP-influenced legal institutions.
Tang’s background also includes corporate work in Hong Kong and southern China, where she was involved in quality control and vendor coordination for Wal-Mart’s China-based manufacturers. She reportedly became a U.S. citizen in 1995 and earned a Master’s degree in administration and planning from the University of Texas at Austin.
Despite positioning herself as a libertarian and anti-CCP voice, Tang Williams began political campaign activities as early as 2014. This early entry into U.S. politics has led some observers to question whether she was activated under a long-term CCP influence strategy. In 2023, she reportedly appeared at alumni events alongside Zhao Yukong. Notably, throughout her campaign she has consistently avoided any direct criticism of the CCP’s handling of COVID-19—even though her mother reportedly died during the outbreak—or its human rights abuses and censorship apparatus.
This calculated silence aligns with the CCP’s United Front strategy: deploy superficially Western-aligned individuals with deep systemic ties to China’s political and legal institutions, influence U.S. elections not through high-profile victories but through narrative dilution, elite grooming, and information control. Tragically, this deception has led many anti-CCP Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese voters to support her candidacy, unaware of her entrenched background in CCP-linked systems.
Section II: Who Is Supporting Lily Tang Williams, and Why?
Williams’ financial and organizational backers reflect deeper affiliations with China's strategic influence architecture:
Zhao Yukong: An alumnus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who relocated to the U.S. under policies requiring Communist Party approval. Zhao worked at Siemens China, which supplied sensitive technologies to nuclear and aerospace entities tied to the PLA.
Zhou Quan: A founding figure of the USTC New Ventures Foundation and IDG Capital executive. IDG maintains long-term partnerships with Chinese state industries, including defense and AI surveillance sectors.
Lin Jing: Head of the USTC Alumni Association in Chicago, who presided over an alumni candidate meet-and-greet in April 2022 featuring Zhao Yukong and Zeng Jianning. Also in attendance was Li Hongwei, president of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Alumni Association and head of the Chicago chapter of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification—a United Front Work Department affiliate. Li openly coached attendees on how to “use data when communicating with the mainstream,” reinforcing CCP-style messaging discipline.
These individuals represent a triangulation of capital, scientific prestige, and political grooming that mirrors the CCP’s doctrine of “civil-military fusion” and subnational influence operations.
Zhao Yukong(a/k/a 赵宇空, Yukong Mike Zhao, or any other alias) was admitted to the Department of Modern Physics of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) from No. 16 Middle School in Kunming, Yunnan in 1980. After graduation (estimated to be 1984, 1992-8=1984, 1980+4=1984), he worked at the Institute of Science and Technology Policy and…
Zhou Quan: A founder of the USTC New Ventures Foundation and major IDG Capital executive. IDG's partnerships span state defense industries and AI surveillance entities.
Lin Jing: President of the USTC Alumni Association in Chicago. She presided over a political meet-and-greet event on April 24, 2022, for alumni candidates Zhao Yukong and Zeng Jianning in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. More than 30 attendees were present in person, and more joined via Zoom. Lin’s role in organizing this event places her in direct facilitation of political networking involving individuals with ties to China’s strategic apparatus.
(Lin Jing,President of the USTC Alumni Association in Chicago)
(Group photo including Lin Jing,Li Hongwei and Zhao Yukong)
Also present was Li Hongwei, president of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Alumni Association in Chicago and head of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (Greater Chicago Chapter)—a United Front Work Department front group. He advised Zhao and Zeng to “pay attention to using data when communicating with the mainstream,” echoing CCP propaganda strategies.
The alumni political gathering fits a larger pattern. In past years, Li Hongwei was an organizer and participant in consulate-affiliated summer events involving Chinese visiting scholars, scientists from Argonne National Laboratory, and officials from the Chinese Consulate General in Chicago. These included Xu Hai (Counselor of the Science and Technology Group), Consul Tong Yueshan, and others from politically significant backgrounds.
On Sunday, August 4, 2024, the temperature in the suburbs of Chicago was very hot (reaching 90 degrees Fahrenheit or 32 degrees Celsius). The Greater Chicago China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association, the Greater Chicago Alumni Association of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the Chicago Anhui Association jointly held a successful Chicago Chinese Community Picnic at Argonne Park in the western suburbs of Chicago. Many people attended this time:
Li Hongwei, Honorary President of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Alumni Association and Chairman of the Chicago Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China
Consul Zhang Junpeng and Consul Cao Jie, Head of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Section of the Chinese Consulate General in Chicago
DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, James Mendrick, Chief of Police of DuPage County, Illinois
Chicago District 11 Mayor Nicole Lee (the first Chinese mayor in Illinois)
Will County board member Julie Berkowicz, Julie Berkowicz, Director of the Will County Board of Directors of Illinois
Candidate for Dupage County Circuit Court Clerk, DuPage County Regional Board of Schools Trustee President Jeremy Wang, Jeremy Wang, Chairman of the DuPage County School Board of Education
Candidate for Congress Jerry Evans Running for the U.S. House of Representatives
Zhu Qinglong, consultant of the Chinese Overseas Chinese Federation, honorary president of the Hong Kong Chinese Association, honorary president of the Chicago Peaceful Association
Dr. Liu Hong, director of Meiya Health, consultant of the Chicago Peaceful Association
Situ Jian, consultant of the Chicago Peaceful Association, honorary president of the Overseas Chinese Exchange Association of America, elder of the Kaiping Hometown Association of Greater Chicago, elder of the Fenglun Association of America
He Daquan, chairman of the Chinese Federation
Wu Hangjian, director of the Chicago Chinese Art Troupe, instructor of the Art Group Department of the Chicago Peaceful Association
Tan Xiaomin, head of the Chicago Chinese Art Troupe, instructor of the Art Group Department of the Chicago Peaceful Association
Yang Wei, chairman of the Northeast Chinese Association of America, partner and financial planner of WestPoint Financial Group, a MassMutual Firm (MBA, LUTCF)
Huang Yihui, president of Everbright Enterprise, INC)
Sheng Xiaoling, President of the Midwestern Chinese University Alumni Association
Li Hongyi, former chairman of the Chicago Lee Association and instructor of the Traditional Overseas Chinese Department of the Chicago Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China
Fang Yanhui, consultant of the Chicago Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China and president of the American Chinese Overseas Exchange Association
Chicago Jiangmen Wuyi Hometown Association Chairman Zhou Qunhou of the Chicago Zhide Sande Association
Chicago Huang Clan Association Chairman Huang Yongshen
Chen Qing, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Association
Zhu Pingping, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Association
Liu Yongting, Vice Chairman of the Northeast Chinese Association of the United States
Jiang Xiaoli, former president of the Peking University Chicago Alumni Association and president of Changsheng Loan Real Estate Company
Ma Xuejun, Chairman of the Greater Chicago Chinese Alliance
Fu Renjie, former principal of Ruihua Chinese School
Chicago Guangzhou Association Vice Chairman Mei Xiaoke (member of the Chicago Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China)
Chicago Guangzhou Association Vice Chairman Xu Yiqiang
Chicago Fenglun Association Vice Chairman Situ Yueman
Chicago Kaiping Hometown Association Vice Chairman Huang Xiaoping
Ji Xin, Deputy Director of the Chicago People's Art Troupe
2024年8月4日星期天，芝加哥郊区高温炎热（达到华氏90度或摄氏32度），大芝加哥地区中国和平统一促进会、华中科技大学大芝加哥地区校友会和芝加哥安徽同乡会在芝加哥西郊阿贡(Argonne Park)公园共同成功举办了芝加哥华人社区野餐会。这次有很多人出席：
华中科技大学校友会名誉会长、芝加哥和统会理事长李红卫
中国驻芝加哥总领馆侨务组长张军鹏领事、曹洁领事
DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, 伊州杜佩奇县警察局长詹姆斯·门德里克
芝加哥11区区长李惠华（Nicole Lee，伊州第一位华人区长）
Will County board member Julie Berkowicz，伊州威尔县董事会董事朱莉·贝尔科维奇
Candidate for Dupage County Circuit Court Clerk， DuPage County Regional Board of Schools Trustee President Jeremy Wang， 伊州杜佩奇县学校教育董事会主席杰里米·王
Candidate for Congress Jerry Evans 竞选美国联邦国会众议员
朱慶龍，中国海外侨联顾问、香港华协会荣誉会长、芝加哥和统会名誉会长
刘红博士，美亚健康主任、芝加哥和统会顾问
司徒剑，芝加哥和统会顾问、美國华人海外交流會榮譽會長、大芝加哥開平同鄉會元老、美中鳳倫公所元老
华联会主席何达权
武航健，芝加哥华人艺术团总监、芝加哥和统会艺术团体部指导
譚小敏，芝加哥华人艺术团团长、芝加哥和统会艺术团体部指导
杨维，美国东北华人协会协会理事长、 万通互惠理财集团合伙人、理财规划师（WestPoint Financial Group, a MassMutual Firm, MBA, LUTCF, Partner, Financial Planer）
黄易辉总裁，金辉房地产公司（EVERBRIGHT ENTERPRISE, INC）
盛晓玲，美中西部中国高校校友联合会会长
李洪藝，芝加哥李氏公所前主席、芝加哥和统会傳統僑社部指導
方燕辉，芝加哥和统会顾问、美国华人海外交流协会会长
芝加哥江门五邑同乡会会长、芝加哥至德三德公所周群厚主席
芝加哥黃氏公所黃永深主席
陈青，华联会副主席
朱萍萍，华联会副主席
刘永庭，美国东北华人协会副会长
姜晓莉，北京大学芝加哥校友会前会长、 昌盛贷款地产公司总裁
马学君，大芝加哥地区华人联盟主席
傅仁杰，瑞华中文学校前校长
芝加哥广州协会副会长梅小克（芝加哥和统会会员）
芝加哥广州协会副会长徐毅强
芝加哥凤伦公所副主席司徒月满
芝加哥开平同乡会副会长黄小萍
纪新，芝加哥人民艺术团副团长 http://www.fairfellow.com/chicagohth/2024-08-04.htm
Li Hongwei, president of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Alumni Association in Chicago and president of the China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification in Greater Chicago, said that they should pay attention to using data when communicating with the mainstream. Li Hongwei graduated from the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1988 and received a master's degree from the School of Economics and Management of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1993.芝加哥华中科技大学校友会会长、大芝加哥地区中国和平统一促进会会长李红卫说他们在与主流交流时要注意用数据说话。李红卫1988年本科毕业于华中科技大学船海系，1993年硕士毕业于华中科技大学经济管理学院。
The US-China Hubei Association, Wuhan University Chicago Alumni Association, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology Greater Chicago Alumni Association jointly held their annual summer barbecue party at Argonne Park in the southwest suburbs of Chicago on August 2, 2014. Zeng Zuotao, president of the Wuhan University Alumni Association, Tan Gangjian and Wang Yan, vice presidents of the Hubei Association, and Li Hongwei, president of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Alumni Association, arrived early to set up the venue, set up children's inflatable beds and karaoke equipment; Xu Hai, Counselor of the Science and Technology Group of the Chinese Consulate General in Chicago, Consul Tong Yueshan, as well as Professor Peng Yuwen, assistant to the president of Wuhan University, and Professor Liu Guokui, a Chinese scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, and other guests. Participants included visiting scholars studying in Chicago, a young generation of international students from Hubei, as well as Chinese researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and faculty and staff from the University of Illinois at Chicago.美中湖北同乡会、武汉大学芝加哥校友会、华中科技大学大芝加哥地区校友会，2014年8月2日在芝加哥西南郊阿冈国家实验室公园（Argonne Park）联合举办年度夏季烧烤联谊，武大校友会会长曾左韬、湖北同乡会副会长谭刚建、王炎，华中科大校友会会长李红卫等，早早就到来布置场地、 架设儿童充气床、卡拉OK设备；中国驻芝加哥总领事馆科技组徐海参赞、童越善领事，以及武汉大学校长助理彭宇文教授，阿冈国家实验室华裔科学家刘国奎教授等嘉宾。与会者包括正在芝 加哥进修的访问学者、来自湖北的年轻一代留学生，以及阿冈国家实验华裔科研人士、伊州大学芝加哥分校教职员工等人参加。
Organizational Structure of the HUST Greater Chicago Alumni Association from 2023 to 2025. 2023年至2025年华中科技大学大芝加哥地区校友会组织结构
President: Li Hongwei.会长： 李红卫
Vice Presidents: Jiang Fang, Chen Zhu, Zhao Xin, Zhang Zheng副会长： 蒋放，陈筑，赵新，张政
Term: April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027.任期： 2025年4月1日至2027年3月31日
Li Hongwei: Graduated from the Department of Naval Architecture of HUST in 1988, and received a master's degree from the School of Economics and Management of HUST in 1993.李红卫：1988年本科毕业于华中科技大学船海系，1993年硕士毕业于华中科技大学经济管理学院。
Qiu Xia: Graduated from the School of Economics of HUST with a bachelor's degree in International Economics and Trade in 2010, and served as the president of the Chicago Alumni Association from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2025. 邱夏：2010年华中科技大学经济学院国际经济与贸易专业学士毕业， 在2023年4月1日至2025年3月31日期间担任芝加哥校友会会长
Jiang Fang: Graduated from Tongji Medical University with a bachelor's degree in medicine in 1982蒋放: 1982年同济医科大学医学学士毕业
Chen Zhu: Graduated from the Department of Architecture of HUST in 1988
陈筑： 1988年华中科技大学建筑学系学士毕业
Zhao Xin: Graduated from the Department of Computer Science of HUST in 1990. 赵新：1990年本科毕业于华中科技大学计算机系。
Kang Long: Graduated from the Department of Science and Technology English of HUST in 1999. 康龙：1999年本科毕业于华中科技大学科技英语专业。
Zhang Zheng: Graduated from Tongji Medical University with a bachelor's degree in medicine in 1983 and a master's degree in medicine in 1988. 张政：1983年同济医科大学医学学士毕业, 1988年同济医科大学医学硕士毕业。
Qin Gangjian: Graduated from Tongji Medical University with a bachelor's degree in medicine in 1986 and a master's degree in medicine in 1989.覃刚健：1986年同济医科大学医学学士毕业, 1989年同济医科大学医学硕士毕业。
Liu Hanwu: Graduated from Tongji Medical University with a bachelor's degree in medicine in 1984. 刘汉武： 1984年同济医科大学医学学士毕业。
Qin Chen: Graduated from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a bachelor's degree in 2011. 秦晨： 2011年华中科技大学建筑与城市规划学院学士毕业
Former vice presidents: Kang Long (returned to China), Qin Gangjian (moved to another state), Qin Chen (moved to another state), Liu Hanwu (deceased).前副会长：康龙（回国），覃刚健（搬到外州），秦晨（搬到外州）， 刘汉武（已去世）。http://www.chineseofchicago.com/Content.aspx?nid=5230http://www.fairfellow.com/hustchicago/Organization.html
Section III: The Real Objective — Compromised Contests, Not Victory
Lily Tang Williams’ campaign has been marked by conspicuous avoidance of any platform critical of the Chinese government. Her silence on the CCP’s censorship, disinformation efforts, and responsibility for pandemic mismanagement—especially in contrast to her own family loss—suggests not weakness but strategic omission.
Her opponent in one 2024 race? The wife of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. The candidacy of a non-viable but Chinese-linked opponent serves two possible CCP objectives: reducing pressure on a key White House figure by fielding a weak opponent, or using the campaign as a channel for influence-building within U.S. political communities.
Section IV: Subnational Nodes of Influence — Florida, Chicago and Beyond
The geographic architecture of this network is not coincidental:
Florida: Home base of Zhao Yukong, where he courted support from the CAECA (Chinese American Economic and Cultural Association), which has directly met with CCP’s United Front leaders like Chen Xu in 2024.
Colorado: Tang’s formal political territory, where funding and messaging have been controlled by a donor pool with vested interests in maintaining CCP’s access and image in American political discourse.
Chicago: Site of Zhao Yukong and Lin Jing’s joint appearance at a University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Alumni Association meet-and-greet held on April 24, 2022, in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. The event, presided over by Lin Jing, featured alumni candidates Zhao Yukong and Zeng Jianning. Also present was Li Hongwei, president of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Alumni Association and head of the Greater Chicago chapter of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification—a United Front affiliate. Li urged the candidates to "use data when communicating with the mainstream," reflecting standard CCP messaging practices. Local alumni organizations have previously partnered in consular-hosted science diplomacy and networking events, often involving visiting scholars, Chinese consular staff, and individuals from key U.S. research institutions.
Chicago. Detail is as follows,
On the afternoon of April 24, 2022, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Alumni Association in Chicago held a meet-and-greet event for alumni running for state legislature in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. More than 30 USTC alumni from the Chicago area, along with some other local guests, attended the event in person, while others watched the live broadcast via Zoom.
Lin Jing, president of the USTC Alumni Association, presided over the event. At the beginning of the session, she introduced the two alumni candidates:
Zeng Jianning, a candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 9A. He enrolled in USTC’s Department of Physics in 1993, graduated in 1998, and went to the University of Maryland in the U.S. in 1999 to pursue a Ph.D. He is currently working as a software engineer in Maryland.
Zhao Yukong, a candidate for the Florida House of Representatives in District 45 in 2022. He enrolled in USTC’s Department of Modern Physics in 1980. After graduation, he worked for 8 years at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1992, he came to the U.S., earned an MBA from the University of Florida, and later worked at Siemens USA, eventually serving as the Global Marketing Director for Siemens. 2022年4月24日下午，美国芝加哥中国科技大学校友会在芝加哥西北郊举行校友参选州议员见面会，30多位芝加哥的中科大校友，以及部分芝加哥其他来宾现场参加了见面会，部分未到现场的人士观看Zoom现场直播。芝加哥中科大校友会会长林菁主持了见面会，她在活动开始向来宾介绍两位参选人：马里兰州9A区的众议员参选人曾键宁（1993年考入中国科技大学物理系，98年毕业后于次年到美国马里兰州大学攻读博士，现在马里兰从事软件工程师工作）和2022年佛罗里达州第45区议员参选人赵宇空（1980 年考入中科大近代物理系，毕业后在中国科学院工作8年，92年来美国，在佛州大学获得工商管理硕士后任职于美国西门子公司，一直做到西门子公司的全球市场总监。）。 https://247nannews.com/?p=1289
Conclusion: Influence Without Victory Is Still Influence
Whether or not Lily Tang Williams wins public office, her campaign model—a hybrid of plausible Western values, sanitized messaging, and deep-rooted CCP-era connections—demonstrates the evolving sophistication of Beijing’s U.S. electoral strategy.
In the information age, the battlefield has moved to city councils, school boards, and state houses. It is here that Chinese Communist influence networks plant their seeds. Vigilance must extend beyond presidential elections to the quieter races where foreign influence grows unchecked. The next Trojan horse may smile, speak fluent English, and wave an American flag—but its loyalties may lie elsewhere.
