US Military Report Exposes Beijing’s Plot Against Texas Land Sale Bill
The Chinese Community Party’s “Information Warfare” Against Texas Bill
The Chinese Community Party (CCP) conducted a relentless “information warfare” campaign against a Texas bill that aimed to ban the sale of land to China and other adversaries. According to a military document obtained by The Epoch Times, the CCP not only spread “misinformation” to kill the bill but also condoned “sabotage” and “assault” against its supporters.
The bill, known as Senate Bill 147, was sponsored by Texas Republican lawmaker Lois Kolkhorst and initially aimed to prohibit governments, corporations, and foreign nationals from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from purchasing land in Texas. The CCP launched a massive campaign on its controlled media platform, WeChat, flooding it with false information to undermine the bill.
During the first hearing on the bill, two witnesses who supported it required a police escort due to threats of violence from WeChat accounts. The document included photos of some WeChat accounts written in Chinese, revealing the extent of the campaign against the bill.
CCP’s Manipulation and Mobilization
One WeChat user even posted threats suggesting physical harm to proponents of the legislation. Simultaneously, WeChat groups mobilized over 100 opponents of the bill to attend the hearing as witnesses. The document highlighted how WeChat’s efforts successfully rallied Democrats, advocacy groups, and the liberal media to oppose the bill, often unaware that they were aligning with the CCP.
The Air Force document emphasized that WeChat’s campaign had signature characteristics of other CCP-sanctioned campaigns on the platform. It included tactics such as forbidding balanced discussions, kicking out dissenting voices, and promoting radical and anti-American views.
Response and Opposition
Lois Kolkhorst, the bill’s sponsor, expressed her lack of surprise at the concerted effort to defeat the bill, considering its focus on national security. She stated, “If the CCP does not like it, then it must be a good idea.” Kolkhorst also noted that opposition to the bill seemed scripted and organized from a central point.
Despite the opposition, similar bills restricting land ownership for individuals connected to China and other adversarial countries have been passed in other states. Florida, for example, signed a law restricting land ownership, and a federal judge recently rejected attempts to block it.
Chinese American Congresswoman Judy Chu introduced federal legislation to preempt “discriminatory” land ownership laws in states. However, the Air Force document revealed that WeChat groups labeled the bill as the “Chinese Exclusion Act” and its supporters as “Chinese traitors.”
The bill in Texas faced significant opposition from Texas Democrats and activists, leading to its failure to advance in the Republican-controlled House. A watered-down version of the bill, restricting purchases of agricultural land, timberland, and oil and gas rights, was delivered to the House State Affairs Committee but failed to progress before the legislative session ended.
Despite the setbacks, Kolkhorst emphasized that the countries targeted by her bill align with those listed in the Annual Threat Assessment by the U.S. Director of National Intelligence since 2018, under both the Trump and Biden administrations.
Overall, the CCP’s “information warfare” campaign against the Texas bill highlights the extent of its efforts to shape public policy and influence decision-making processes in the United States.
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