The CCP Has Set Up a United Front Network in California! Overseas Taiwanese Are Monitored and Threatened, the Truth Is More Terrifying Than You Imagine

The video discusses the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) influence and pressure network in California, targeting overseas Taiwanese and other dissident communities. It covers the prosecution of agents, monitoring of Tsai Ing-wen's itinerary, the shooting incident at Taiwan's Presbyterian Church, local political pressure, and the connections between Chinese consulates, overseas Chinese organizations, Chinese-language media, and campus groups.

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I often hear a voice within Taiwan criticizing overseas Taiwanese who support Taiwan's independent sovereignty, saying they hide abroad to provoke the CCP by supporting Taiwan independence. However, the reality might be different from what you imagine. These individuals are actually on the front lines resisting the CCP's influence and face pressure no less than those in Taiwan.

While people in Taiwan face extreme pressure on international space and military matters, overseas Taiwanese face violence that directly impacts their safety and the CCP's transnational repression.

As early as 2019, a report by the think tank Jamestown Foundation on the CCP's global expansion mentioned that Chinese government agencies actively recruit influence agents within overseas Chinese communities and attempt to control the discourse within these communities. Their strategy is to create seemingly grassroots Chinese organizations and then use these organizations as evidence of overseas Chinese support for the CCP, forming a Propaganda Feedback Loop.

However, even though the CCP's global expansion plan is already exposed, the CCP continues its infiltration in the United States in a rapid and shameless manner. The Guardian interviewed Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), who pointed out that the CCP has an agency dedicated to interfering in the affairs of other countries' governments, often cooperating with overseas expatriates. Their goal is to change public opinion, weaken dissent, and control the political discourse of other countries.

Then, in May 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was indicted for acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China within the United States. She has now agreed to plead guilty. She was first elected mayor of Arcadia in November 2022, becoming mayor due to their rotation system. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that she and her former fiancé, Mike Sun, operated the U.S. News Center from late 2020 to 2022 under the direction and control of CCP officials, publishing pro-China content, including propaganda whitewashing Xinjiang. They never declared their status as foreign agents to the U.S. Department of Justice.

This is not an isolated news event; it is part of the CCP's strategy targeting Taiwanese in the United States, and specifically in California, the state with the largest Taiwanese population. The U.S. Department of Justice also pointed out that Sun closely monitored the itinerary of President Tsai Ing-wen during her visit to Southern California in April 2023, reporting her movements to CCP officials. Sun also submitted written reports to CCP officials detailing plans on how to counter Taiwan independence, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Falun Gong, which the CCP identifies as anti-China forces, and proposed plans to organize a core team to substantially suppress and counter Taiwanese communities and dissidents in Southern California.

Let's discuss the 2022 shooting at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Orange County, California. The perpetrator, David Zhou, attacked the church, resulting in one death and five injuries. The Orange County District Attorney's office investigated and confirmed it was a premeditated attack. Police stated that Zhou's writings revealed his resentment towards the Taiwanese community and his anger over political tensions between China and Taiwan.

For over half a century, Presbyterian churches in Taiwan have been at the forefront of advocating for human rights, striving for sovereignty, and rejecting unification with an independent Taiwan. A photo from April 2019 shows Zhou holding a microphone at the founding meeting of the Chinese Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, Las Vegas Chapter, displaying a banner supporting Han Kuo-yu's presidential candidacy. The banner read, "Follow the trend, pursue swiftly, and annihilate the separatist demons." This reflects the CCP's rhetoric on Taiwan, including accusations that the Democratic Progressive Party colludes with external forces to divide the nation and imposes a "green terror" on domestic dissenters. To some extent, this creates a closed information environment, potentially further radicalizing unstable individuals like Zhou.

Although the May 15th shooting had no direct link to the CCP's united front system, the demonizing language used in CCP propaganda did act as a catalyst in this tragedy. This incident marks a turning point, where the CCP's cross-border violence has escalated from purely political propaganda to reality, spreading actual violence.

Simultaneously, the CCP is actively engaged in monitoring, intelligence gathering, and political manipulation targeting Taiwanese Americans. When former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen transited through Southern California in 2023, CCP agents not only mobilized protests but also reported her itinerary, documenting supporters and opponents at the scene, thereby creating a pressure field for Taiwanese political figures and overseas Taiwanese residents.

A report by the Global Taiwan Institute, titled "The Role of Taiwan's Overseas Community Affairs Council in Countering the Chinese United Front," points out that under Xi Jinping, overseas Chinese are considered crucial pillars of China's foreign and national security strategy, and the CCP's version of overseas Chinese affairs is essentially its united front work. The article also states that Taiwan's Overseas Community Affairs Council needs to rebuild trust with overseas Taiwanese communities that have not yet been fully co-opted by the CCP's united front system.

Southern California is not an ordinary constituency; it is a core area where Taiwanese expatriate politics, the Chinese immigrant community, Vietnamese anti-communist activists, and local American politics intersect. In recent years, public court documents and congressional testimonies in the U.S. have revealed that CCP operations in Southern California have formed a multi-layered network.

They utilize local campaign staff to help pro-China candidates enter municipal systems; disseminate pro-CCP propaganda through Chinese websites; organize anti-Taiwan protests through community groups and anti-war organizations; and pressure U.S. local representatives through the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles.

In March 2026, California State Assemblymember Tri Ta stated that the Chinese Consulate had contacted her office to protest a photo she posted on social media meeting with Representative David Wu of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. Tri Ta responded that California's elected officials do not take orders from the Chinese Communist Party, and it is highly inappropriate for a foreign government to attempt to intimidate American public officials regarding whom they meet or what photos they post.

Although this incident occurred in Sacramento, the state capital, Tri Ta's district is in the Westminster and Garden Grove area, part of Orange County's Little Saigon and New Saigon, a crucial hub for anti-communist immigrant politics in Southern California. The CCP's interference targets not only the Chinese community but also the Vietnamese-American community and pro-Taiwan and anti-communist political figures. Whenever U.S. local representatives interact with Taiwanese representatives, the Chinese Consulate may intervene with pressure, attempting to turn normal diplomatic interactions of Taiwanese figures in local U.S. politics into sensitive issues.

The united front battlefield in Southern California extends beyond local elections to campuses, community groups, Chinese media, local candidates, and the relationships between the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) and the Chinese Consulate. The CCP is cultivating an influence network that spans across communities, generations, and institutions.

The pressure faced by the Taiwanese community in California comes not only from individual harassment by Chinese

So the biggest goal for me in making this program today is to help Taiwanese people and Taiwanese friends abroad understand the difficulties faced by those who strive for Taiwan, both past, present, and future. I hope everyone can understand each other and ultimately unite, both internally and externally.

In fact, this phenomenon is not limited to the United States; overseas Taiwanese communities worldwide face similar extreme pressure. But no one has given up, so everyone in Taiwan should also understand who the real enemy is.