The U.S. Department of Homeland Security. /VCG
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security. /VCG
Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is an assistant researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) and an author. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.
On October 6, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its 26-page report titled "Homeland Threat Assessment." The report details a broad list of threats from election interference to white supremacist extremists (WSEs), and draws upon "all sources of information and expertise" available to the department, including intelligence, law enforcement and operational components.
However, a major weakness of the report is its fabricated claims of Chinese interference in U.S. domestic affairs. It pursues these claims by alleging Chinese offensives against U.S. trade and economic security, cyber infrastructure, COVID-19 transparency and the 2020 presidential elections.
On trade and economic security, the report accuses Beijing of intellectual property theft, engaging in unfair trade practices and allowing "China-based criminal organizations" to violate U.S. trade laws and policies. Ironically, the report compromises its own assessments by denying specificity across all three accusations. Its trade and intellectual property conjecture is also synonymous with the same rationale that the United States offered to a World Trade Organization panel last month, after American tariffs on China were ruled in violation of international trade rules. "The panel did not dispute the 'extensive evidence' submitted by the United States of intellectual property theft by China," insisted the top U.S. trade representative in the aftermath of the ruling. The DHS report doesn't extend any new legitimacy.
Moreover, accusations of Chinese interference in U.S. democratic and election systems are met with a flawed evidentiary b ..
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