Democratic Delegate Chao Wu was born in Hubei, China, and has been a member of the Maryland House of Delegates since January 2023, where he serves on the Ways and Means Committee. Prior to attaining elected office, he served as president of the University of Maryland’s chapter of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association , and an archived version of his LinkedIn page shows that he was once affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party’s Thousand Talents Program.

The CSSA was established to “monitor Chinese students and mobilize them against views that dissent from the CCP,” and its individual chapters are overseen by the CCP’s United Front Work Department, a global network of party loyalists tasked with gathering intelligence and exerting influence, according to the State Depart

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