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Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Scoop: Anti-Chinese government group launches plan to track anti-CCP legislation in statehouses
EXCLUSIVE: State Armor Action is releasing a new tool that will allow people to track anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) legislation across the country. "China's communist government targets American state governments in order to undermine our homeland security. Protecting the United States from the Chinese Communist Party requires working on the front lines in statehouses across the country to combat CCP aggression and oppression," Michael Lucci, the founder and CEO of State Armor Action, told Fox News Digital. The comment comes as Lucci's organization, which aims to help U.S. states confront emerging global security threats, releases a new tracker that allows users to see all the legislation regarding China currently making its way through state legislatures. Trump: China Calling 'A Lot' Since Last Week's Tariff Increase, Deal Could Happen As Soon As 3 Weeks According to the tracker, their organization is currently keeping tabs on 461 bills across the country aimed at addressing the threat posed by the CCP. The tracker also keeps tabs on where those bills stand, with a graphic showing that 11 of the bills have been killed, 43 have been adopted, 25 have passed both chambers, 43 have crossed over from one chamber to another, and 339 have been introduced. Read On The Fox News App "State Armor Action's legislation tracker will serve as a crucial tool in the fight against Communist China and its nefarious partners," Lucci said. "The tracker will help educate policy leaders and inform the American public about the legislation that will stop the CCP across the country, and it will help spread legislative concepts between states." Gordon Chang: Trump Tariffing China At The Worst Possible Time For Xi Jinping The tracker contains graphics that track the party in control of each state government where bills have been introduced or enacted, while also displaying a U.S. map showing which states have the highest concentration of anti-CCP bills. While the threat posed by China may traditionally be seen as in the sphere of the federal government's control, Alex Gray, deputy assistant to the president and chief of staff of the White House National Security Council, told Fox News Digital that it is critical that states also set themselves up to combat China. "The Chinese Communist Party has its sights set on the states," Gray said. "Now more than ever, we need state leaders to step up and harden themselves against Communist China. State Armor Action's new China legislation tracker will help inform and educate leaders on legislation across the country, allow them to monitor progress, and make it easier to join the fight against the CCP's encroachment in our homeland. State and local leaders can use the tracker to model their legislation based on other successful counter-CCP bills around the country. I urge all leaders to use this tool and help counter China's malign influence."Original article source: Scoop: Anti-Chinese government group launches plan to track anti-CCP legislation in statehouses
Fox News
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Scoop: Anti-Chinese government group launches plan to track CCP-backed legislation in statehouses
EXCLUSIVE: State Armor Action is releasing a new tool that will allow people to track anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) legislation across the country. "China's communist government targets American state governments in order to undermine our homeland security. Protecting the United States from the Chinese Communist Party requires working on the front lines in statehouses across the country to combat CCP aggression and oppression," Michael Lucci, the founder and CEO of State Armor Action, told Fox News Digital. The comment comes as Lucci's organization, which aims to help U.S. states confront emerging global security threats, releases a new tracker that allows users to see all the legislation regarding China currently making its way through state legislatures. According to the tracker, their organization is currently keeping tabs on 461 bills across the country aimed at addressing the threat posed by the CCP. The tracker also keeps tabs on where those bills stand, with a graphic showing that 11 of the bills have been killed, 43 have been adopted, 25 have passed both chambers, 43 have crossed over from one chamber to another, and 339 have been introduced. "State Armor Action's legislation tracker will serve as a crucial tool in the fight against Communist China and its nefarious partners," Lucci said. "The tracker will help educate policy leaders and inform the American public about the legislation that will stop the CCP across the country, and it will help spread legislative concepts between states." The tracker contains graphics that track the party in control of each state government where bills have been introduced or enacted, while also displaying a U.S. map showing which states have the highest concentration of anti-CCP bills. While the threat posed by China may traditionally be seen as in the sphere of the federal government's control, Alex Gray, deputy assistant to the president and chief of staff of the White House National Security Council, told Fox News Digital that it is critical that states also set themselves up to combat China. "The Chinese Communist Party has its sights set on the states," Gray said. "Now more than ever, we need state leaders to step up and harden themselves against Communist China. State Armor Action's new China legislation tracker will help inform and educate leaders on legislation across the country, allow them to monitor progress, and make it easier to join the fight against the CCP's encroachment in our homeland. State and local leaders can use the tracker to model their legislation based on other successful counter-CCP bills around the country. I urge all leaders to use this tool and help counter China's malign influence."
Korea Herald
12-02-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
Anti-CCP themes ring through rallies against Yoon's impeachment
Yoon's rhetoric on China resonating with supporters, expert says Animosity toward China, more precisely the Chinese Communist Party, has become a central theme in the recent string of rallies supporting South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is currently undergoing his impeachment trial. Outside the Chinese embassy in Seoul on Friday afternoon, a crowd gathered for a rally protesting Yoon's impeachment under the slogans, "Annihilate communism" and "Get the CCP out of Korea." Intermittent chants of "down with Xi Jinping" could be heard. One of the organizers of the weekly rally is Kim Jeong-sik, a former youth spokesperson with the ruling People Power Party, who, quoting Yoon, said China was threatening South Korea's sovereignty. The Democratic Party of Korea's chief spokesperson Rep. Jo Seoung-lae said one of the driving motives behind the rallies opposing Yoon's impeachment appears to be a "red scare." "I think there are a lot of factors spurring the anti-impeachment rallies. One of them seems to be some fear of the spread of communism," he told reporters Monday, without specifically mentioning China. The curious link between the anti-China, or anti-CCP, sentiment and Yoon's supporters can be traced to the president's words, according to Moon Heung-ho, director of the Institute of Chinese Studies at Hanyang University in Seoul. "The president said in his address that it was the Chinese spies," he told The Korea Herald. "When such tales are told by someone in a position of ultimate influence, the top leader of our country, they can resonate far beyond the usual club of extreme supporters." In his Dec. 12 address, Yoon said he was forced to resort to martial law after the Democratic Party, with its majority in the National Assembly, "threatened national security" by repeatedly obstructing crucial bills like those that would criminalize foreign espionage -- by which the president seemed to mean Chinese espionage in particular. The president went on to cite the apprehension of Chinese spies last year caught surreptitiously filming South Korean military and intelligence facilities as an example of how the opposition party was undermining the country's national security with its routine obstruction of bills. "To stop cases like this, I tried to revise the Criminal Code's provisions on espionage. But the opposition in control of the Assembly has stubbornly thwarted it," Yoon said. Appearing in court, Yoon's top officials have been careful not to associate themselves with the president's views toward China. At the impeachment hearing on Tuesday, Yoon's defense team appeared to harden the rhetoric on Beijing when they asked Shin Won-sik, Yoon's national security adviser and former defense minister, if he thought the Chinese government was capable of meddling in South Korean politics. Shin declined to answer, saying, "I can't respond to a hypothetical question." When asked again by one of Yoon's attorneys what he thought of former Democratic Party President Moon Jae-in's "China appeasement policies," Shin replied, "I don't have a response to that." The People Power Party has distanced itself from Yoon's theories about China's role in the country's elections and the ongoing rallies in front of the Chinese embassy. Rep. Kim Dai-sik, the party's chief spokesperson, told The Korea Herald that the anti-CCP rallies were "not related to the People Power Party in any official capacity." Rep. Kweon Seong-dong, the party's floor leader, told reporters that the People Power Party "does not support or approve of election denialism." The demographics of the attendees at the anti-CCP rallies are not yet clear. But "certainly a lot of young people" are showing up, according to Kim Min-soo, the former People Power Party spokesperson, who spoke at one of the rallies near the Chinese embassy. Kim, who told The Korea Herald he was invited to speak at the rally, was forced to step down as the party's spokesperson last month after he defended Yoon's martial law declaration on a YouTube show. When asked about the high turnout of young people at the rally, a 33-year-old living in Seoul, who identified himself as a conservative, said it was "not really weird" to him. "My generation grew up watching China's aggressive, expansive foreign ventures," he said. Although the anti-CCP rallies were "not mainstream," he said a general dislike of China or its ruling party seemed to be growing. "Just a few years ago, when people protested about China, it was about a certain issue, like when they deported North Korean defectors back to North Korea. Now, it's just about China or the CCP in general," he said. A 29-year-old graduate student said the rally was "not anti-China." "It's not about ordinary Chinese people. People don't like the CCP, and that's different," he said. Joo Jae-woo, a professor of Chinese studies at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, said the Chinese embassy recently advised its nationals living in South Korea against participating in political events, following reports some Chinese people were at impeachment rallies. Joo said it was unusual for the Chinese embassy to issue such a warning. "It can be a sign they view the political situation unfolding in Seoul to be quite serious, and they don't want Chinese people attending or getting involved in the rallies," he said. In the online space, an army of Beijing-backed commenters, known as the "wumao," were launching a ferocious hate campaign against not only Korea but Japan, according to Joo. "Young people spend a lot of time online, and they are likely to be more exposed to these hateful sentiments," he said, when asked why more young people may be responding to anti-China talking points.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
5-figure ad buy urges states to crack down as China floods market with illicit vapes: 'Trump was right'
FIRST ON FOX: The Protecting America Initiative (PAI), a Trump-aligned anti-CCP group, has launched a five-figure ad encouraging states to crack down against what they call illicit Chinese vapes in order to counter the communist country's growing influence in the United States. "It's hip, it's cool, but look closely on the box," the new ad from PAI, which describes itself as a coalition of concerned public policy experts dedicated to combating China's influence, starts out. "It says, right there, made in China. New data shows the market is being flooded with unregulated e-cigarettes. Most vape products are made in China, and they're not always regulated. They're getting these products from China, where they can be tainted with God knows what. It's been a struggle to keep illegal e-cigarettes from reaching young people." PAI says the ad is meant to remind viewers that "Trump in 2019 was right about the dangers of illicit Chinese vapes and of Biden's failure to protect Americans from these unregulated illicit products." Vaping Advocate Warns Dem Crackdown On 'Common Sense' Tobacco Alternatives Could Backfire In Swing States "You watch prohibition, you look at, you know, with the alcohol, if you don't give it to them, it's going to come here illegally. But instead of legitimate companies, good companies, making something that's safe, they're going to be selling stuff on a street corner that could be horrible," Trump is quoted as saying in the ad. Read On The Fox News App The ad will run on digital platforms in targeted markets across the country. Trump Admin's Fda Withdraws Proposed Federal Rule To Ban Menthol Cigarettes "Despite the warnings, Biden failed and China won," the ad states. "Trump predicted this." "States are taking action against illicit Chinese vapes. More state leaders can act now to fight with Trump against illicit Chinese vapes." Although the rate of youth smoking cigarettes is now at an all-time low, according to the CDC, youth usage of Chinese vapes has increased dramatically since article source: 5-figure ad buy urges states to crack down as China floods market with illicit vapes: 'Trump was right'
Fox News
10-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
5-figure ad buy urges states to crack down as China floods market with illicit vapes: 'Trump was right'
FIRST ON FOX: The Protecting America Initiative (PAI), a Trump-aligned anti-CCP group, has launched a five-figure ad encouraging states to crack down against what they call illicit Chinese vapes in order to counter the communist country's growing influence in the United States. "It's hip, it's cool, but look closely on the box," the new ad from PAI, which describes itself as a coalition of concerned public policy experts dedicated to combating China's influence, starts out. "It says, right there, made in China. New data shows the market is being flooded with unregulated e-cigarettes. Most vape products are made in China, and they're not always regulated. They're getting these products from China, where they can be tainted with God knows what. It's been a struggle to keep illegal e-cigarettes from reaching young people." PAI says the ad is meant to remind viewers that "Trump in 2019 was right about the dangers of illicit Chinese vapes and of Biden's failure to protect Americans from these unregulated illicit products." "You watch prohibition, you look at, you know, with the alcohol, if you don't give it to them, it's going to come here illegally. But instead of legitimate companies, good companies, making something that's safe, they're going to be selling stuff on a street corner that could be horrible," Trump is quoted as saying in the ad. The ad will run on digital platforms in targeted markets across the country. "Despite the warnings, Biden failed and China won," the ad states. "Trump predicted this." "States are taking action against illicit Chinese vapes. More state leaders can act now to fight with Trump against illicit Chinese vapes." Although the rate of youth smoking cigarettes is now at an all-time low, according to the CDC, youth usage of Chinese vapes has increased dramatically since 2020.
