WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republicans in Congress are trying to prevent and punish those operating illegal Chinese police stations that are within the United States, with Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) being among the GOP to spearhead that effort.
Hinson joined "The Signal Sitdown" to discuss how under President Donald Trump's leadership, Congress can attempt to prevent such malign Chinese activity, The Daily Signal reported. "My passion for this policy started in my district," Hinson said. "There was actually a Chinese spy ring busted stealing seeds out of a cornfield in Dysart, Iowa."
"They wanted to take them back to China. They want to cheat," Hinson said. "It's all about reverse engineering because there is so much R&D that has gone into seed technology so that we can grow the most resilient, best yielding plants in the world."
"The Chinese are using tactics like transnational shipment," Hinson said, making the illegal activity more subtle than outright theft. "So, especially in the auto-parts industry, for example," Hinson explained. "Something coming in from China is gonna be tariffed, so then they ship it through Singapore or Vietnam or someplace with a lesser tariff to get around our tariff laws."
"They're economically cheating and getting a better deal," Hinson said. "Meanwhile, you've got American producers trying to play on that same playing field and it's not level," she added.
China's nefarious activities are happening across the United States. In December 2024, Chen Jinping, a Manhattan resident, pleaded guilty to opening and operating a secret Chinese police station for China's Ministry of Public Security in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood. Chen was arrested with "Harry" Lu Jianwang in April 2023, following an FBI investigation into the outpost.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that American authorities suspect that China has these kinds of outposts all over the country. For decades, Chinese operatives have infiltrated American companies and universities, smuggled drugs and human beings across America's borders, and stolen American intellectual property, according to the DOJ.
Hinson has introduced the Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act with Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), to provide federal law enforcement more capacity to crack down on these trade practices.
"What we're trying to do is make sure that President Trump's Department of Justice ... [will have] the resources and a specific task force to be able to go after these malign actors who are, again, intentionally cheating," Hinson said. "We think this cost is hundreds of billions of dollars every year on the low end," she explained. "This has been decades in the making, right? You've got entire industries that have been ceded and now China owns them."
Hinson joined "The Signal Sitdown" to discuss how under President Donald Trump's leadership, Congress can attempt to prevent such malign Chinese activity, The Daily Signal reported. "My passion for this policy started in my district," Hinson said. "There was actually a Chinese spy ring busted stealing seeds out of a cornfield in Dysart, Iowa."
"They wanted to take them back to China. They want to cheat," Hinson said. "It's all about reverse engineering because there is so much R&D that has gone into seed technology so that we can grow the most resilient, best yielding plants in the world."
"The Chinese are using tactics like transnational shipment," Hinson said, making the illegal activity more subtle than outright theft. "So, especially in the auto-parts industry, for example," Hinson explained. "Something coming in from China is gonna be tariffed, so then they ship it through Singapore or Vietnam or someplace with a lesser tariff to get around our tariff laws."
"They're economically cheating and getting a better deal," Hinson said. "Meanwhile, you've got American producers trying to play on that same playing field and it's not level," she added.
China's nefarious activities are happening across the United States. In December 2024, Chen Jinping, a Manhattan resident, pleaded guilty to opening and operating a secret Chinese police station for China's Ministry of Public Security in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood. Chen was arrested with "Harry" Lu Jianwang in April 2023, following an FBI investigation into the outpost.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that American authorities suspect that China has these kinds of outposts all over the country. For decades, Chinese operatives have infiltrated American companies and universities, smuggled drugs and human beings across America's borders, and stolen American intellectual property, according to the DOJ.
Hinson has introduced the Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act with Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), to provide federal law enforcement more capacity to crack down on these trade practices.
"What we're trying to do is make sure that President Trump's Department of Justice ... [will have] the resources and a specific task force to be able to go after these malign actors who are, again, intentionally cheating," Hinson said. "We think this cost is hundreds of billions of dollars every year on the low end," she explained. "This has been decades in the making, right? You've got entire industries that have been ceded and now China owns them."
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2025-06-22T03:10-0400 | Comment by: donna
Why don't we just give China the keys to the White House, Congress, where we keep the Constitution, etc. call it a day and go home & wait for our "orders" from fearless leader of the communists!?!? WTF are there "police stations", run by CCP, complete with THEIR police in the U.S.A.?!?!!? Is this true of ALL countries ...are they ALL operating police units in OUR country!?!?