Washington, April 21 -- A congressional watchdog is turning up the heat on a little-known Midwestern organization that has spent years building bridges between American heartland communities and China, raising alarming questions about who is really pulling the strings.
The US House select Committee on China wrote a pointed letter this week to the United States Heartland China Association (USHCA), a Chicago-based nonprofit that organizes agricultural roundtables, business seminars, student exchanges, and trips to China for American elected officials. The committee wants to know whether the group has secretly been doing Beijing's bidding on American soil.
"The CCP's United Front operations are persistent, pervasive, and target every level o...