China’s soft-power trap in your backyard: How the CCP uses sister cities to undermine America

Battles are escalating regarding America's sister-city agreements with China. Critics express concerns about national security, while advocates of sister cities argue that the program fosters relationships that promote world peace.

There are over 100 "friendship" or "sister" city partnerships between the U.S. and China, according to a 2023 membership directory from Sister Cities International. Only Mexico and Japan have more sister-city agreements with the U.S.

'We are being overwhelmed by China on our own soil, so this is indeed an emergency.'

Sister Cities International, a nonprofit, was founded by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 as part of his People-to-People program , which he believed was crucial for "helping build the solid structure of world peace."

"If we a