The dark money operation behind China-baiting in the homeland

At a recent hearing of the House Select Committee on China, State Armor CEO Michael Lucci urged lawmakers to treat Chinese influence in the United States as a national security priority. “The American homeland is contested. States are on the front lines of this contest, and the Chinese Communist Party is exploiting vulnerabilities at the state and local level that can go overlooked here in Washington,” Lucci said. As evidence, Lucci pointed to Chinese ownership of American farmland, the presence of Huawei equipment near a nuclear missile silo in Nebraska, and a former Chinese officer’s purchas