John Kerry Staffer Spoke at Climate Meeting alongside China Front Group

A senior staffer from the State Department office of special climate envoy John Kerry took part in a meeting on U.S.–China climate cooperation in December 2023 alongside a Chinese Communist Party front group flagged by U.S. intelligence, National Review has learned.

That group is the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), a nonprofit that the State Department and Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have accused of working to “co-opt” U.S. government officials.

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A senior staffer from the State Department office of special climate envoy John Kerry took part in a meeting on U.S.–China climate cooperation in December 2023 alongside a Chinese Communist Party front group flagged by U.S. intelligence, National Review has learned.

That group is the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), a nonprofit that the State Department and Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have accused of working to “co-opt” U.S. government officials.