Overview
- The department sent its Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference report to Congress, identifying Code Pink and the People’s Forum as channels for Chinese influence.
- The report situates the claims within a wider effort by China, Iran, and Russia to use state media, proxies, and digital platforms to spread propaganda and erode U.S. credibility.
- Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers said the department will pursue full transparency for donor and NGO networks alleged to lobby for U.S. adversaries.
- The report cites Code Pink’s “China Is Not Our Enemy” initiative, organized travel to China that includes study in Ruijin, and webinars in which activists praised the Chinese revolution.
- The People’s Forum is described as praising the Chinese Communist Revolution, hosting lessons on revolutionary processes, and organizing pro‑Maduro protests, with references to groups funded by Neville Roy Singham.