NEW: China is suspected of funding pro-Palestine marches in the UK.
US politicians investigating alleged secret Chinese backing of a far-Left feminist protest group are examining its activities in Britain as part of an inquiry into foreign interference.
The US probe is examining £250,000 in alleged payments to a company linked to Code Pink in the UK from firms connected to Neville Roy Singham, a tech tycoon accused of financing Chinese propaganda around the world.
Code Pink has organised protests in the UK against Britain’s involvement in Palestine, encouraged its activists to demonstrate outside RAF bases, and issued statements claiming Britain’s leaders have been “bought by Zionism”.
It comes amid concern that Beijing is seeking to exploit divisive causes in the West to deepen social tensions and wage what critics describe as “political warfare” against its adversaries.
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