China's Successful Campaign to Influence Utah's Politics.

China's covert efforts to influence policy and raise its stature worldwide have been successful in Utah, where it has cultivated relationships with state and local officials and lawmakers, allowing Beijing to delay legislation it didn't like and ditch resolutions that expressed dissatisfaction with its actions. The Chinese Communist Party's hyperlocal influence campaign puts local leaders at risk of manipulation and poses a threat to national security. The US intelligence community has noted that China is "redoubling" local influence campaigns amid tense relations with the federal government.