Another uncomfortable question is creeping into the national conversation, and Washington would rather not touch it. Are the anti ICE protests erupting across the country actually organic, or are they being quietly nudged along by a foreign adversary that has every incentive to see America divided? According to leading China analyst Gordon Chang, the answer may be far more troubling than activists want to admit.
Speaking Monday on Newsline, Chang warned that the Chinese Communist Party could be covertly financing and steering activist networks tied to recent demonstrations targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His allegation is not that Beijing is doing this openly, but that it is operating through American intermediaries to preserve plausible deniability, a tactic the CCP has refined for years.
Chang, who serves on the CPAC board and authored Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America, said the regime has increasingly relied on proxies to destabilize rivals abroad. He pointed to unrest in places like Syria and Venezuela as examples of China quietly pulling strings while pretending to be a neutral observer. On Newsline, he suggested the same playbook is now being tested inside the United States.
At the center of Chang’s warning is Neville Roy Singham, an American tech billionaire who lives in Shanghai and has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers over his ties to Chinese state linked organizations. Singham is married to the leader of Code Pink, a far left activist group that has been highly visible in protests opposing U.S. foreign policy and immigration enforcement. Chang described Singham as a financial conduit and amplifier for messaging that conveniently aligns with CCP strategic goals.
According to Chang, some U.S. officials suspect that individuals appearing at demonstrations are not merely sympathetic Chinese citizens, but operatives connected to the CCP itself. That claim will immediately be dismissed as conspiracy by the same people who insisted foreign interference in American politics only runs in one direction. Yet the pattern is hard to ignore.
Anti ICE protests have surged in recent weeks, especially in Minnesota, where Minneapolis and St. Paul have become flashpoints following aggressive enforcement actions. Chang argued the messaging, tactics, and coordination look eerily similar to the unrest that followed George Floyd’s death, only now immigration enforcement is the pressure point being exploited.
He placed this domestic unrest within a broader geopolitical picture, noting that China, Russia, and Iran increasingly benefit from instability in democratic societies. Chaos weakens resolve, distracts leadership, and erodes public trust, all without firing a single shot.
Chang urged U.S. officials to dismantle what he called CCP linked funding and propaganda networks operating inside the country. While Beijing denies interfering in U.S. domestic affairs, Chang warned that ignoring the pattern would be dangerously naïve.
Protests have spread beyond Minnesota into Arizona and California, some devolving into confrontations with federal officers and even disruptions of church services tied to ICE officials. Whether or not every protester understands who might be pulling the strings is almost beside the point.
Foreign adversaries do not need to convince Americans of anything. They just need Americans to keep fighting each other.
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