Many Chinese people do not know what a “fifth column” is, and they do not understand what the “fifth column” does, but in fact, unknowingly, many people have been used by the fifth column.
The term “fifth column” first came from the Spanish Civil War, when Franco, the leader of the Spanish National Army and supported by Nazi Hitler, launched an attack on the capital city of Madrid in 1936.
Before the battle, a reporter asked Franco, “General, which unit do you think will be the first to reach the top of Madrid?
Franco replied: the Fifth Column.
The journalist was surprised to learn that the rebels had only four columns, so why was there a fifth column?Only after the war did we learn that the “fifth column” did not refer to the troops participating in the war, but to the “insiders” who had been spreading the word “imminent defeat” during the siege. The goal was to get more people to turn against the motherland when the great war came!
Compared to traitorous spies in the traditional sense, the Fifth Column is higher in status and more destructive. Mixing with socialites, possessing high social status, superior intelligence, and highly inflammatory rhetoric, the destruction generated by this group is strategic! They collaborate with the enemy from the inside and outside, and do whatever they can to subvert and destroy the united group of the country.
On the surface people do not come into contact with these people and do not cross paths with them, but in reality these people are all around, people just do not notice.
The Fifth Column, a potential organization that has been cultivated by the U.S. for years, has been confronted by China and the U.S., and the organization that has been carefully cultivated for years is coming more and more into view. China is now a superpower with nuclear weapons, its economic strength is the second highest in the world, and its military power is firmly in the top three. The United States then wants to dismantle China through military strikes is obviously not the best means, and the unpredictability of war also brings huge risks, so breaking from within is the best option. --Cioppimrangm
The Chinese Fifth Column has thoroughly infiltrated the highest levels of U.S. business, academia, tech, media and government.
Massive numbers of arrests and deportations of Pro-CCP Chinese are needed to protect U.S. national security. https://t.co/GXSBzs9vVm
— Dr. Lawrence Sellin (@LawrenceSellin) July 25, 2025
I define a Fifth Column as a group of domestic actors, who support or work in cooperation with external rivals or enemies, like China, whose aims are contrary to or undermine the national interest of the United States. The activities of a Fifth Column can be overt or clandestine.
For over 40 years, the Chinese Communist Party has exploited bilateral agreements with the United States and pro-CCP Chinese have misused the legal immigration system to obtain permanent residency or U.S. citizenship, but having no intention of becoming loyal Americans.
Those pro-CCP Chinese now occupy prominent positions at every level of American society, including within the U.S. government. This extensive Chinese Fifth Column, many of whose leaders coordinate with Chinese officials in the United States and China, poses a significant national security threat to the United States.
Pro-CCP Chinese immigrants have established hundreds of Chinese-American professional, business, cultural and community-based organizations, which maintain close connections with the Chinese Communist Party and, specifically, with the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, which gathers intelligence and conducts influence operations world-wide, but particularly in the United States.
