Twenty-one investigative journalists from ten countries recently published a secret document containing the names of hundreds of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents operating in multiple countries. The original source was said to be a list of supporters of the CCP’s United Front Works provided by a person in mainland China. German television channel RTL investigated the section of the document related to Germany.
An NTV reporter contacted a Chinese informant in Germany who confirmed that the people on the list are contacts of the CCP’s United Front Works. “(The United Front) is a very large network. These people are responsible for promoting the CCP’s propaganda. They also try to influence city councils and other government institutions. This is how (the CCP) wants them to influence local politics in Germany.”
These United Front contacts are not traditional spies. Instead, they are more like “influence agents.” In other words, they are people in the West who create a favorable environment for the CCP, control Chinese communities, or suppress critics.
These “overseas Chinese” on the list hold either Chinese passports or have been naturalized as German citizens. The CCP has even targeted the descendants of Chinese immigrants. There are 60 million people in the Chinese diaspora globally.
For example, Mei Weiping (梅维平) is on the list. He is involved in the alumni network of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and has served as the head of a subsidiary of the Beiersdorf Group. In China, he organized cooperation with a university, passing the company’s knowledge to China. He attended the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, an event related to the United Front. He has been invited to watch the military parades multiple times as a guest of honor and praised the CCP’s military strength.
One influencer on the list, Liu Yuanhua (刘元华), has more than 400,000 followers on German Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Photos show her posing with Baden-Württemberg’s Governor Winfried Kretschmann, Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir, and Stuttgart’s Finance Minister Danyal Bayaz.
Another person on the list, Kwong Weisen (邝伟森), head of the Hamburg Chinese Overseas Association, also has close connections with top federal political figures. This restaurant owner has a photo with then Hamburg’s First Mayor Henning Voscherau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has visited the restaurant multiple times.
Source: Epoch Times, October 9, 2024
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/24/10/9/n14347471.htm