From Austin to New York, pro-China network fuels week of anti-US protests as Xi meets Trump

NEW YORK, N.Y.– As President Donald Trump readies for high-stakes negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a network of pro-China organizations funded by pro-communist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham is taking to the streets from New York City to Austin, creating the image of rolling street unrest that lawmakers warn China can exploit to project a perception of chaos in the United States.Yesterday, Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, wore a trademark fuchsia straw hat and protested across the street from the United Nations on E.

47th Street, between First and Second Avenue, under an arch at Katharine Hepburn Garden, smiling widely next to agitators from the far-left CodePink nonprofit she co-founded and her American-born husband helped fund from his base in Shanghai.As part of their elaborate weeklong calendar, the activists railed against the U.S.

military and its "all-out climate and environmental devastation." and then they marched to the offices of Open AI to demonstrate against data centers they allege "drive war" and "economic degradation."The week’s protests reflect a pattern of rapid mobilization around breaking news and political flashpoints.The sequencing of events — combined with messaging sharply critical of the United States and silent about China’s human-rights, environmental and civil-liberties record — raises questions lawmakers debated last week about whether some activists function as "Trojan horses" for foreign adversaries such as China.

Recently, Evans posted a video lauding China for building an economy that helps citizens "grow and thrive." Last year, Singham delivered a speech in China supporting the Chinese Communist Party and Xi's "new world order."SOCIALIST, COMMUNIST GROUPS COORDINATE, PROMOTE ‘SPONTANEOUS’ ANTI-ICE PROTESTS IN AUSTINOn Feb.14, 2018, Jodie Evans, co-founder founder of CodePink, and Neville Roy Singham, founder of Thoughtworks, attend V20: The Red Party, a 20th anniversary celebration of V-Day and The Va...