Do CCP-Controlled Small Businesses in the US Pose a Strategic Threat?

Some Chinese corporations and even small businesses and organizations are known to be influenced or directed by the Chinese Communist Party.

6/18/2025|Updated: 6/18/2025

Commentary

U.S. policymakers and national security experts have raised alarms about Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in the United States. That dangerous influence ranges from university laboratories to Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood.

James R. Gorrie is the author of “The China Crisis” (Wiley, 2013) and writes on his blog, TheBananaRepublican.com. He is based in Southern California.