The stunning success of Israel’s June 2025 “Operation Rising Lion” against Iran revealed the devastating potential of systematic infiltration executed after years of patient preparation. While the world focused on Israeli capabilities, a far more sophisticated campaign has been unfolding on American soil. Mounting evidence suggests that China is conducting operations against the United States on a scale that dwarfs Mossad’s penetration of Iran, creating a vast network of pre-positioned assets that could be activated in a future war with potentially catastrophic consequences for U.S. national security.
Israel’s operation demonstrated how long-term, methodical preparation can enable devastating surprise attacks. Mossad agents smuggled hundreds of drone components into Iran, established covert operational bases, and embedded precision-guided weapons throughout the country. Activated alongside airstrikes, these assets systematically disabled Iranian defenses and enabled Israeli aircraft to operate freely—demonstrating the power of strategic patience and embedded capabilities in modern warfare.
While Israel embedded capabilities over several years, Chinese infiltration of the United States has been underway for more than a decade, across multiple domains. U.S. cybersecurity experts have confirmed that China has not only penetrated digital infrastructure but embedded physical backdoors in American power systems. Chinese-made solar inverters in U.S. grids contain hidden radios and remote kill switches. These vulnerabilities could allow Beijing to shut down segments of the electrical grid without direct kinetic attack, bypassing traditional defenses.
Another critical aspect of China’s infiltration strategy is human intelligence. Encounters with Chinese nationals at the U.S. southern border have surged from just 450 in fiscal year 2021 to over 24,000 in 2023—a 5,200 percent increase. Many are military-aged men, some with prior service in the People’s Liberation Army. Authorities admit they cannot fully vet for CCP ties. Combined with five million Chinese nationals already in the U.S., the influx raises the possibility of an intelligence and logistics network on a scale America has never before faced.
China’s 2017 Intelligence Law makes every Chinese citizen a potential intelligence asset, regardless of location. Unlike Israeli operations, which rely on carefully trained agents, China’s system is legally coercive and far broader in scope. The law mandates that all Chinese citizens and organizations must support state intelligence efforts when requested, with criminal penalties for noncompliance. This includes approximately 277,000 Chinese STEM students currently studying in the United States, all of whom are legally obligated to cooperate with Beijing’s intelligence services. Recent investigations at Stanford University revealed cases in which Chinese handlers pressured students to transfer sensitive research data back to China, underscoring the threat this poses to every U.S. university and research institution employing Chinese researchers and graduate students.
The biotech dimension represents perhaps the most strategically significant Chinese advantage over Israeli capabilities. Companies like BGI Group, with documented military connections, have collected genetic data from millions of Americans through prenatal testing and fertility clinics. U.S. authorities recently blocked Chinese acquisition of a San Diego fertility clinic located near multiple military bases due to biometric security concerns. Intelligence officials warn this genetic data could enable development of targeted biological weapons or genetically enhanced soldiers.
TikTok’s role as a mass surveillance platform provides China with intelligence collection capabilities that exceed anything available to Israeli operations by orders of magnitude. The app collects facial recognition data, voiceprints, and behavioral patterns from nearly one billion users worldwide, feeding Chinese artificial intelligence and surveillance systems. Former ByteDance employees allege CCP officials used privileged access to monitor dissidents via TikTok, confirming concerns about Beijing’s ability to access American user information for surveillance purposes.
Chinese cryptocurrency mining operations across twelve states have created dual-use infrastructure networks near sensitive military installations. The Biden administration was forced to order divestiture of one facility located within a mile of a nuclear missile base in Wyoming after Microsoft raised concerns about potential intelligence collection capabilities. These operations consume massive electricity and employ specialized equipment that could be repurposed for surveillance or infrastructure disruption.
Chinese organized crime has also achieved systematic control over large segments of America’s illegal marijuana industry. Law enforcement confirms that Chinese transnational networks now dominate 97 to 98 percent of indoor cannabis cultivation in the nation’s largest county. These operations are not isolated; they are linked to sophisticated money laundering systems, Chinese state-connected entities, and Mexican drug cartels, forming a distributed criminal infrastructure that could be weaponized as a fifth column in the event of war.
Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang military exercise and follow-on wargaming scenarios have modeled this exact threat. In both official drills and the 2023 TV drama Zero Day, which dramatized those scenarios, Chinese gangsters acted as a domestic arm of an invading force, disrupting logistics, freeing prisoners, and catalyzing civil unrest through arson and infrastructure attacks. The same tactics could be applied in the U.S., where Chinese-linked criminal groups could be activated to sow chaos among civilians.
These gangs could be used to disrupt key infrastructure by targeting ports, transportation lines, power grids, and 5G communication networks. Through arson, sabotage, or low-tech IEDs, they could create confusion and panic while hijacking legitimate protests to escalate violence. At the same time, they could play a role in psychological warfare, intimidating Chinese diaspora communities, silencing dissidents, and launching attacks on Taiwanese-American or pro-democracy activists. With insider knowledge or embedded assets, they might also target critical nodes such as police departments, National Guard armories, or Department of Homeland Security data centers. They could also smuggle surveillance gear or weapons, and help protect or exfiltrate Chinese agents already inside the U.S.
Unlike Israeli agents operating covertly in hostile territory, Chinese operatives operate within the U.S. under the cover of legal protections and deep economic integration, making defensive countermeasures difficult and costly. The time to recognize and respond is now—before America faces its own version of coordinated infrastructure disruption during a global crisis. The groundwork has already been laid. The infrastructure is in place. The only question is whether the United States is prepared to confront it, before it’s activated.
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