Ep. 2424 - Here’s How China SPIES on the US

May 12, 2026

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Ben Shapiro argues that China, under its Communist regime, is a dedicated geopolitical enemy of the United States, exploiting American openness through widespread infiltration, intellectual property theft, and institutional subversion. He details specific cases and proposes concrete countermeasures, drawing on recent events like President Trump's trip to China and an interview with former Ambassador Sam Brownback.

Chinese Agents in US Government and Institutions

Shapiro lists numerous examples of Chinese operatives embedded across American systems. Eileen Wang, former mayor of Arcadia, California, resigned after pleading guilty to acting as a PRC agent, running a propaganda website with her fiancé under directives from Chinese officials between 2020 and 2022. Linda Sun, ex-deputy chief of staff to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, allegedly blocked Taiwanese officials and altered state messaging for China. Christine Fang ("Fang Fang") targeted politicians like Rep. Eric Swalwell as a honeypot operative before fleeing in 2015. A long-serving staffer for Sen. Dianne Feinstein reported to Chinese intelligence, while activist Xu Jun Wang collected diaspora data for Beijing. Academic cases include Harvard's Charles Lieber, tied to China's Thousand Talents Plan, and researcher Xiao Zhang-Jiang smuggling biological materials. Recently, a supposed Singapore consultant offered a Hous

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1 (00:00) **Intro Ad Skipped** - Episode opens with sponsor ads filtered out
2 (01:17) **China as Geopolitical Enemy** - Ben declares China an enemy since 1949, exploiting US openness via IP theft, university infiltration, and politics
3 (02:16) **Teaser Topics** - Previews China fightback, media bias, inflation from Iran ops, low US birth rates
4 (02:35) **Chinese Agents in US Government** - Details cases like Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang, Linda Sun, Fang Fang (Swalwell), Feinstein staffer
5 (05:06) **Academic and Tech Espionage** - Harvard's Charles Lieber, Xiao Zhang-Jiang smuggling; Thousand Talents Plan
6 (07:20) **Trump's China Trip Context** - Trump travels with tech CEOs (Musk, Cook); rumors of Taiwan arms cuts, China investments—both bad ideas
7 (10:46) **Strategies to Isolate China** - Decouple supply chains post-Wuhan virus; cut trade deals with allies (Canada, Mexico, Australia) to box in China

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Show Notes

Another American political official is found to be an alleged Chinese agent… and we discuss what we can do about America’s most powerful geopolitical enemy; the Chinese-Russian-Iranian info op to undermine America continues apace; and we examine why people aren’t having kids.

Ep. 2424

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