First appearance on Fox: A decades-long friend and mentor of Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for Congress in California, has been friends with a leader of a Chinese Communist Party front group for more than a decade, Fox News Digital investigates. It turned out that.
In early 2022, a year before James Chau took over as chairman of the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), he wrote on Twitter: “My belated condolences to my friend and sister.” [Lateefah Simon] As she has grown over the years, [sic] service [Akonadi Foundation] He will lead the Meadow Foundation. ”
“These are complex times, but they are also times when skill and compassion are even more important,” he continued. “I look forward to seeing your work have a deep impact.”
Simon, who is currently running against Barbara Lee for Congress and was the featured speaker on behalf of Harris at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, said: “I love you, James. Hong Kong this summer!” I complied.
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Latifa Simon (center), a longtime friend and mentor of Vice President Kamala Harris (right), has been friends with James Chow (left), head of the Chinese Communist Party group, for more than a decade. (Fox News)
“You have my heart at your disposal,” he replied.
In another social media post, Chau posted a photo of what appears to be an art exhibit of a tree with dozens of leaves and the caption: “What are you grateful for?” Chow said the tree was “not big enough” and tagged Simon, prompting him to respond with a red heart emoji.
The two Twitter exchanges and several other social media posts by Chau took place at a time when Chau was already actively working for CUSEF. Chau “joined CUSEF in 2018” and “worked with founder Dong Zhehe” before becoming the group's president in 2023. According to his CUSEF biography.
Fox News Digital has written extensively about Dong Zhehua, who served as vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), an important part of the Chinese Communist Party's united front system that works to advance the Chinese Communist Party's interests at home and abroad. reported on. .
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In one report, Julia Wilson, a black public affairs consultant, said that the Chinese government is trying to help the Chinese government learn about black Americans and influence historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and black leaders. It details how Chifa received more than $1 million in compensation from CUSEF.
“In 2009, the former chief executive of Hong Kong [Tung Chee-hwa] “I visited my office with staff from the China-America Exchange Foundation, and they wanted to know how we had a black president,” Wilson, whose office is across the street from the White House, told college students during a 2017 presentation. . “They said, 'We don't know anything about black people.' Could you please write a white paper and share it? How do black people get enough power to vote a black man for president?” Did we get it?’ So they really needed an overview of our history. who are we? Who are African Americans? ”
Dong Zhehua is the vice-chairman of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). (YouTube/Screenshot)
CUSEF's latest annual report is Published in July, reveals how “independent nonprofit, non-governmental foundations” are heavily influenced by the Chinese Communist Party, from advisors and partners to donors. One of CUSEF's top partners is the People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. The association was previously described as a “Beijing-based organization tasked with co-opting local governments” and “seeks to directly and maliciously influence and promote state and local leaders.” China’s Global Challenges,” according to a 2022 report from the Biden administration’s Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
Another partner in the CUSEF annual report is the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs plays an important role in the Chinese Communist Party apparatus, working regularly with major branches and leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. According to the website. Other partners include top Chinese and American universities such as Princeton University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, and Columbia University. Sidwell Friends School, an elite boarding school attended by former President Barack Obama's daughter and President Biden's grandchildren, was also on the list.
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Several of CUSEF's donors, including Chinese billionaires, have ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Wanda Group billionaire Wang Jianlin is a member of the Chinese Communist Party and served as a member of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. He has also been a member of the Seisaku-kyo for many years. Another donor listed in CUSEF's annual report is Bernard Chan, who served as a Hong Kong delegate for 15 years to the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, the highest organ of state power in the Chinese Communist Party. – Appears to be the same person as Mr. Chan. .
Several members of the CUSEF board also have ties to the Chinese Communist Party, including Peter Wu, currently a member of the 11th CPPCC Standing Committee. Liu Changle, the founder of China's state-run Phoenix Satellite Television, also has ties to several Chinese Communist Party parties. According to the CUSEF website.
Chau previously served as an anchor for China's state-run China Central Television (CCTV). I have posted about paulownia several times. I have interviewed him many times on his X account. In 2017, while serving as a contributor to China's state-run CGTN, Chau sat down with Tong for an interview to discuss U.S.-China relations. A year later, he started working with Tung at CUSEF.
BART Board of Directors Chair Latifa Simon speaks at a press conference about BART Ambassadors on Monday, February 10, 2020 in Oakland, California. (Lee Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Earlier this summer, at the DNC, Simon reflected on his longtime friendship with Harris, including their time working together in the early 2000s.
“When she looks at you, she really looks at you,” Simon said at the 2024 Democratic National Committee in August. “She is the best among us. After working with Kamala Harris every day for five years to create programs that help young people get out of the criminal justice system once and for all and into good jobs and opportunities, she “Get to the root cause of our broken criminal justice system.'' ”
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According to the opening part of a 2020 interview, Chow and Simon met in San Francisco in 2008 while working on HIV countermeasures, and have been friends for many years, including talking about her husband and Chow's father, who died a few weeks apart. It is said that there was Part of CUSEF's “The China Current” digital platform. “I love you so much, James. Let's talk more,” Simon said at the end of the interview, which centered on the pandemic and “inequalities in the health care system” for people of color.
A few months later, Chow called me. Simon says “amazing'' on Twitter“I was watching this important discussion about the history of black organizations,” he said. [sic] In Oakland, one of the world's civil rights centers. ”
2019, CUSEF Post published On their website, they highlight “how they have engaged with Black Americans in partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus and other civil society organizations.” [B]America lacks community.”
Fox News Digital reached out to CUSEF, the Simon campaign, and the Harris campaign, but did not receive a response.
