{"id":108,"date":"2026-05-18T13:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:35:55","slug":"exclusive-california-treasurer-has-long-history-hobnobbing-with-chinese-govt-and-ccp-intel-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: California Treasurer Has Long History Hobnobbing With Chinese Gov\u2019t And CCP Intel Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California\u2019s two-term treasurer, Fiona Ma, has met with high-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and intelligence personnel dozens of times in the last several decades, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.<\/p>\n

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During these many meetings in the U.S. and China, the Democratic frontrunner in California\u2019s 2026 lieutenant governor race has introduced American lawmakers to Chinese intelligence officials\u00a0and also repeatedly presented awards to CCP members and influence operatives, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government and state media reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really should be more integrated,\u201d Ma said during a 2023 interview with state-run media outlet CGTN. \u201cThe more that we can get along, work together, I think would create more peace in the world as well as better economic opportunities for both countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCCP elite capture is alive and well,\u201d Peter Schweizer, New York Times bestselling author of \u201cRed Handed,\u201d told the DCNF. \u201cAny politician who continues to engage in these types of behavior is not a target, but is complicit in CCP activities. Ignorance is no longer an excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ma\u2019s ties to China recently came under scrutiny following an April\u00a0Politico report revealing that in September 2023 she offered to help secure U.S. internships and employment opportunities for students attending the Pegasus California School, which was\u00a0founded in the coastal city of Qingdao by Ma\u2019s campaign finance committee chair. Pegasus\u2019 students, who are Chinese nationals, have allegedly received unlawful California high school diplomas through a partnership with the Val Verde Unified School District, according to a 2026 Riverside County Office of Education audit of the district, which did not accuse Ma of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

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Ma did not respond to multiple requests for comment. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: OJ\u2019s Top Defense Expert Trained Thousands Of Chinese State Security Agents)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2018Flashing Red Light\u2019<\/h3>\n

Ma has met with officials from the CCP and a Chinese government and agency called the United Front Work Department (UFWD) at least 30 times, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government and state media reports.<\/p>\n

The UFWD\u2019s operations are a \u201cblend of engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations\u201d that Beijing uses to steer foreign policy and \u201cgain access to advanced foreign technology,\u201d to the House Select Committee on the CCP.<\/p>\n

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Born in New York to Chinese immigrants from a prominent military family, Ma began taking U.S. lawmakers to China in 1999 while as an aide for the late California Democratic Sen. John Burton, state-run China Daily reported.<\/p>\n

Ma led that delegation alongside an individual who also holds a position with the Chinese government as an advisor\u00a0to Sichuan province, according to an interview Ma conducted with Chinese state media and a DCNF translation of a Chinese government announcement.<\/p>\n

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That advisor has also participated in several other China trips Ma has organized for U.S. lawmakers since she became a public servant in 2002, including a December 2014 trip during which Ma introduced over 20 California State Legislature members to Chinese government and UFWD officials while visiting Sichuan on a trade delegation, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements.<\/p>\n

Since Ma\u2019s January 2019 inauguration as California treasurer, she has met with Chinese government and CCP intelligence officials over 20 times, including three meetings in China\u00a0in 2023, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government and state media reports.<\/p>\n

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Ma has also personally awarded CCP members\u00a0and\u00a0Chinese intelligence officials with commendations on behalf of her office at least 10 times since 2018, according to DCNF translations of Chinese government and state media reports. <\/p>\n

California\u2019s chief financial officer presented one award to the chairman of the Chinese People\u2019s Association For Friendship With Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) during his February 2023 visit to the U.S., a photo accompanying an announcement from that UFWD affiliate shows. CPAFFC has \u201csought to directly and malignly influence state and local leaders to promote [China\u2019s] global agenda,\u201d the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center has .<\/p>\n

Although there is no evidence that CPAFFC has ever sought to influence Ma, other Chinese government officials have reportedly pressured the politician to adopt their preferred policy positions in the past.<\/p>\n

In one instance, while serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in August 2005, the Chinese government allegedly successfully pressured Ma to withdraw her support for an art exhibit organized by practitioners of Falun Gong, which is a spiritual movement that the CCP banned in 1999, The San Francisco Chronicle .<\/p>\n

Several years later, while serving as a California State Assemblywoman, Ma allegedly killed a resolution honoring Tibet in March 2009 following intense Chinese government lobbying, The Sacramento Bee .<\/p>\n

Frequent meetings with Chinese government and CCP intelligence officials by lawmakers should set off a \u201cflashing red light for our national security and intelligence agencies,\u201d former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Cella told the DCNF.<\/p>\n

\u201c[E]lected and appointed officials, staff, and executive leaders and workers in all sector and strata, need to be educated about the nature of the CCP, how these threats emanate and manifest, how to be on guard against them, and to counter them, the importance of refusing to participate in these meetings, and certainly reporting them to the FBI,\u201d Cella said.<\/p>\n

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.<\/p>\n

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