Amid strained U.S. ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

Amid strained U.S. ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

The friendships Beijing is fostering in Utah have already paid dividends, as U.S. lawmakers have nixed anti-China legislation and supported them in Congress.

Amid strained U.S. ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

The friendships Beijing is fostering in Utah have already paid dividends, as U.S. lawmakers have nixed anti-China legislation and supported them in Congress.

Amid strained US ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

An Associated Press investigation found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with Utah's officials and lawmakers. Those efforts have paid dividends at home and abroad.

Amid strained ties with U.S., China finds unlikely friend

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah — a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country. Republican Utah state Sen. Jacob Anderegg poses for a portrait at the Utah State Capitol on, Feb. 27, 2020, in Salt Lake City. An investigation by the Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based adv…

China finds unlikely friend in Utah as tensions with Washington rise

China and its proxies spent years aggressively courting the state’s leaders in ways that raise national security concerns.

Amid strained US ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

China's global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah.