For decades, D.C. insiders and Wall Street elites perpetuated the lie that American engagement with Communist China would cause that nation to open, to liberalize, and to reform. Even as evidence accumulated to the contrary, some benefitting from this deception continued to profit off of China at the expense of America’s stature and America’s workers. The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) advances policies that study how decades of America’s accommodation of Communist China has nurtured an existential rival to our Nation and our livelihood as we know it.
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FACT SHEET: Myths and Distortions from TikTok’s Defenders Help It Evade Needed Accountability
Royce Hood
FACT SHEET: American Defense Supply Chains Are Beholden to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Top 10 America First Actions For Key Policy Areas
FACT SHEET: 2023 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) State Legislation Scorecard
FACT SHEET: New Chinese Mineral Export Controls threaten U.S. National Security
Oliver McPherson-Smith, Ph.D, and Adam Savit
SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Countering Xi Jinping’s China: An Existential Threat That America First Leadership Can Stop
Fred Fleitz and Adam Savit
NEWS RELEASE: AFPI Calls on Congress to Restrict Communist China’s Access to American Agricultural Land
Combating Fentanyl - The America First Action Plan
FACT SHEET: Banning TikTok on Government Devices in Ohio
Testimony of Robert Lighthizer Before the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Robert Lighthizer
China and U.S. Agricultural Land: Tracking State Legislative Responses
Adam Savit
TikTok, Time is Up
Samantha Mims
FACT SHEET: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to South Carolina
FACT SHEET: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to Arizona
FACT SHEET: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to Iowa
FACT SHEET: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to Tennessee
FACT SHEET: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to Missouri
FACT SHEET: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to North Carolina
FACT SHEET: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to West Virginia
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to Mississippi
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to South Dakota
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to Texas
Alarm Over TikTok Threat Reaches Critical Mass as Government Responds
Adam Savit and Royce Hood
America First China Policy Principles in Practice - Center Overview - China Policy Initiative
Chinese Communist Party-Funded Campus Initiatives Undermine U.S. National Security
Adam Savit
Protect American Campuses Act
Liberty for Our Agricultural Land Act
Chinese Communist Party Ownership of Agricultural Land is a Threat to America
Adam Savit
Top 10 America First Actions For Key Policy Areas
Combating Fentanyl - The America First Action Plan
National Security Experts Urge Congress to Investigate the Investigators
REPORT: States Lead on Protecting Farmland from China
NEWS RELEASE: AFPI Calls for Congressional Action to Protect American Farmland from China
Standing up to the Chinese Communist Party: How to Protect State Sovereignty
The Leadership of the America First Policy Institute Provided the Following Reactions and Insight Into the State of America One Year Into the Biden Administration
FACT SHEET: Myths and Distortions from TikTok’s Defenders Help It Evade Needed Accountability
Royce Hood
SPEECH: The Naval War College Foundation Symposium
Robert Lighthizer
FACT SHEET: 2023 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) State Legislation Scorecard
SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Countering Xi Jinping’s China: An Existential Threat That America First Leadership Can Stop
Fred Fleitz and Adam Savit
NEWS RELEASE: AFPI Calls on Congress to Restrict Communist China’s Access to American Agricultural Land
Combating Fentanyl - The America First Action Plan
China and U.S. Agricultural Land: Tracking State Legislative Responses
Adam Savit
TikTok, Time is Up
Samantha Mims
Xi’s Brazen Power Consolidation Shows Us Why Strengthening America Must Be Our First Priority in Containing Chinese Authoritarianism
Stephen Yates and Adam Savit
U.S. Infrastructure Security Requires Effective State-level Protection from Chinese Communist Party Ownership
Adam Savit and Royce Hood
UN High Commissioner hands CCP propaganda victory, enables human rights abuses
Adam Savit
Persecution of 90-year-old Catholic cardinal underlines fragility of CCP, points to opening for America First tactics to contain Communist oppression
Adam Savit
AFPI 2022 Annual Policy Summit
To strengthen America and weaken the CCP, billion-dollar U.S. university endowments must divest from Chinese firms
Adam Savit
Happy First Birthday AFPI!
Chad Wolf joined Fox and Friends to discuss threats from China and border security
Steve Yates joined Fox Business to discuss the latest on Russia and Ukraine, China and Taiwan
Steve Yates joined Fox Business to discuss China’s accusation of U.S. exaggerating Russia tensions
An Examination of the First Year of Biden’s Presidency
Op-Ed: China Olympics 2022 – COVID cover up by country’s leaders means they should forfeit games
John Ratcliffe in Fox News
Adam Savit is from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and serves as the Director for the China Policy Initiative at AFPI. He most recently served as China Program Coordinator at the Center for Security Policy, building the program from the ground up, and has held research and communications roles in the national security policy space for more than a decade. He is in his fifth year serving as President of the Log Cabin Republicans of Washington, D.C. Savit holds a B.A. in history and international relations from Penn State University and enjoys music, playing guitar, arthouse and documentary movies, and spending time with his nieces and nephews.
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
Abraham Lincoln
Steve Yates is from St. Petersburg, Florida, and serves as a Senior Fellow and Chair of the China Policy Initiative. He is an analyst and practitioner with experience at various levels of politics, policy, media, and national security affairs. A veteran commentator and trainer for television, radio, and print media opportunities, Yates has navigated policy decision-making processes across agencies, foreign and domestic. Since 2006, he has been a senior advisor to presidential campaigns, a frequent media commentator, and CEO of D.C. International Advisory. He previously served as President of Radio Free Asia and Professor in the Practice of International Business and Politics at Boise State University. Before opening D.C. International Advisory, Yates served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney for National Security Affairs from 2001 through 2005, where he provided direct support to the Vice President and his national security advisor for White House deliberations. Yates served as chairman of the Idaho Republican Party from August 2014 to April 2017 and as co-chair of the 2016 Republican Platform Subcommittee on National Security. Yates was a candidate for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in Idaho’s May 2018 primary. He regularly appears on several national TV and radio stations. He previously served as Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation and an analyst at the National Security Agency. He received a master’s degree in China Studies from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Yates’ TV career began in 1980 at age 12 on Ed Walker’s WJLA AM Washington show, after winning a coloring contest sponsored by the Muppets, Woodward & Lothrop, and The Washington Post.
“If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.”
Curtis LeMay