Experts Provide Panoramic View of China Reveals War on All Fronts, with Persecution, Propaganda, Policy, and Penetration
China’s CCP today poses a multifaceted threat—strategic, cultural, and ideological—and it calls for voices who bring clarity and firsthand experience to the offense. Three experts—Frank Gaffney, Leeshai Lemish, and Joshua Philipp—together offer a 360-degree lens into the Chinese Communist Party’s global agenda. They can appear either individually or as a compelling panel.
Frank Gaffney, founder of the Center for Security Policy and Present Danger China, is well known for his hardline stance on Chinese geopolitics. He interprets the recent Alaska Summit as evidence that Xi Jinping, not Putin, is orchestrating real power—which underlines Beijing’s role as the true mastermind in shaping global strategy. His geopolitical analysis provides essential context for how the U.S. must reframe its foreign policy.
Leeshai Lemish brings a deeply personal narrative informed by tragedy and courage. He was beaten and had his jaw broken by Chinese police while protesting Falun Gong persecution in Tiananmen Square. As the long-time emcee of Shen Yun Performing Arts, Lemish now experiences the CCP’s global repression firsthand, from bomb threats at performances to surveillance and intimidation. His story exposes the CCP’s brutal cultural repression and its reach far beyond China’s borders.
Joshua Philipp, a senior investigative reporter, has cracked open China’s espionage arc in the U.S. Through his investigations, he has exposed how Beijing embeds operatives and influence agents in American universities and institutions—using them to harvest intelligence and steer narratives on emerging technologies and geopolitics.
A critical new dimension of the CCP’s strategy is its deep-in infrastructure campaign in Western media. Beijing annually spends billions to push propaganda disguised as independent news. China Daily, for example, paid more than $7 million for “China Watch” inserts in top U.S. outlets and has sponsored content in titles like Time, L.A. Times, Foreign Policy, and more.
Beyond ads, state media such as Xinhua, CGTN, and CCTV provide polished content for overseas outlets, essentially blurring the lines between journalism and propaganda. Additionally, the CCP’s use of AI-generated “fake news” websites and bots to seed misinformation into the U.S. media ecosystem is deliberately designed to erode trust.
When Frank covers the policy and media strategy component, Joshua deconstructs the espionage and infiltration tactics, and Leeshai reveals the human cost of cultural suppression—they form a uniquely powerful ensemble. Whether in panel discussion or individual interviews, this trio brings insight into China’s adversarial posture, the mechanisms of its soft-power projection, and the moral stakes for democratic society.
If you want to spotlight the CCP’s full-spectrum influence campaign—from political power plays to propaganda warfare to human rights abuses—this is the spokesperson team that brings unmatched credibility and moral clarity.
Relevant Article(s)
US media outlets received millions of dollars from China to sell its propaganda: Report – World News
Does Expelling Foreign Journalists Change News Coverage of China? | FSI
People complaining online over China’s coverage of deadly attacks – NBC Los Angeles
OPTIONAL Q&A:
- (Frank) What does the Alaska Summit reveal about the true power dynamic between China and Russia?
- (Joshua) How is the CCP using billions in media spending to shape U.S. public opinion and suppress critical reporting?
- (Frank) Why should Americans see Beijing as a greater long-term threat than Moscow?
- (Joshua) What are the most effective ways the CCP infiltrates universities and cultural institutions in the United States?
- (Leeshai) How does a lack of transparency in reporting about China serve Beijing’s interests?
- (Leeshai) What does the global harassment of Shen Yun performances say about the CCP’s fear of cultural freedom?
- (Frank or Joshua) Where do you see the greatest vulnerabilities in U.S. policy toward China today?
- (Leeshai) What role can public awareness and media accountability play in countering the CCP’s influence campaigns?
ABOUT FRANK GAFFNEY…
Frank J. Gaffney is the President of the Institute for the American Future. He acted as President Reagan’s Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy. Mr. Gaffney founded and led for thirty-seven years the Center for Security Policy. He is the host of “Securing America with Frank Gaffney” on the Real America’s Voice network and the co-author of The Indictment: Prosecuting the Chinese Communist Party and Friends for Crimes Against America, China and the World.
Websites:
www.CenterForSecurityPolicy.org
ABOUT LEESHAI LEMISH…
Leeshai Lemish has been with Shen Yun for 18 years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Chinese history and language from Pomona College, California, and his master’s in international relations from the London School of Economics. He has spent extended periods studying, working, and conducting research throughout East Asia, and has authored articles on Chinese current affairs in both English and Chinese. He joined Shen Yun Performing Arts as an MC when the company was founded in 2006 and has since emceed close to two thousand performances with the company, taking the stage with Shen Yun at prestigious theaters such as Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, the London Coliseum, Tokyo Opera City, and many others worldwide.
In addition to his performance role, he has tracked and documented on his website over 100 cases of the Chinese Communist Party and its agents trying to sabotage Shen Yun internationally. He has testified on transnational repression in front of Congress, has been a featured guest on television and radio shows around the world, and is the host of the podcast Shen Yun Voices.
ABOUT JOSHUA PHILIPP…
Joshua Philipp is an award-winning journalist and Senior Investigative Reporter at The Epoch Times. He is the host of ‘Crossroads,’ a news and analysis program on EpochTV. His works have included breakthrough investigations into the origins of Covid-19 and the Wuhan laboratory in the early days of the pandemic. He spearheaded the first documentary on the lab leak origins of the COVID-19 virus, released in April 2020. This groundbreaking documentary garnered over 75 million views, and while many tried to label it misinformation, its findings have since been vindicated by the White House and US intelligence agencies.
EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM JOSHUA PHILIPP
Joshua Philipp, senior investigative reporter at The Epoch Times and a recognized China expert, has mapped out these networks during his 15-plus years of research into the CCP. He provides a deeper context on the CCP’s attempts to subvert the systems and institutions in the United States. As the Chinese regime states, they aim to “strangle you with your own systems,” and that tactic is playing out across key industries and institutions in the US.
Josh is also a leading expert on Chinese unconventional warfare and United Front operations, which he has investigated and exposed since 2008. His 15-plus years of research and investigations on the Chinese Communist Party, subversion, human rights abuses and related topics give him unique insight into the global threat and political landscape.
DOCUMENTARIES/SERIES
• Tracking Down the Origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus
• The Final War: The 100-Year Plot to Defeat America
NOTABLE APPEARANCES
• The National Press Club
• Harvard University
• CPAC
• Turning Point USA
• Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News
• Steve Bannon’s War Room
• The U.S. Air Academy
CONTACT:
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