Washington DC [US], February 2 (ANI): Mamtimin Ala, President of the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE), has raised concerns over the scale of Chinese influence operations targeting the United States. In a post on X, he claimed that approximately 2,000 organizations linked to China’s United Front operate worldwide, with at least 1,000 active within the US.
“These organizations penetrate all levels of American society—from the White House to remote strategic locations. They form a vast intelligence and influence network that even the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War would have envied. Their mission goes far beyond gathering intelligence; their ultimate goal is to weaken the United States from within,” Ala wrote.
He also warned that these operations are supported by largely hidden internal actors. “The enemy is already inside the gates, aided by faceless, insidious insiders who could one day help seize power,” he said. “While the existence of these organizations is acknowledged and monitored, those enabling them behind the scenes remain undisclosed. If they achieve their goals, it will not be because they outsmarted the United States, but because of the extraordinary influence of this enemy from within,” Ala added.
Mamtimin Ala, an Australian-Uyghur political leader, activist, and scholar born in 1971 in Artush, East Turkistan, became the 5th President of the ETGE in November 2023. He advocates internationally for Uyghur rights, independence, and recognition of alleged human rights abuses in East Turkistan. He previously served as the ETGE’s European representative and leads efforts to unite the global East Turkistani diaspora and influence foreign policy on genocide and cultural repression.
The United Front is a political strategy employed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), using networks of organizations and influential individuals, either influenced by or directed by the CCP, to advance its objectives. Experts have long warned that Beijing’s global United Front network promotes Chinese government interests abroad through lobbying, propaganda, and intelligence collection. Ala’s comments underscore the potential scale of these efforts and the concerns among exile groups regarding their impact on US national security.
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