CPDC Webinar Examines US Investment Ties to China and Cybersecurity Risks

The Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC), a Washington-based think tank, will hold a webinar at 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 5, 2025, titled “Did the SEC Just Bail Out on Wall Street’s Bailing Out of the CCP?”

The discussion addresses growing concerns that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is enabling Chinese Communist Party–linked companies to access U.S. capital markets despite escalating cyber and national security threats.

Moderator: Frank Gaffney, president, Institute for the American Future; vice chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China; member, Victory Coalition; host of the “Securing America” podcast.

Panelists:

Gordon Chang, distinguished senior fellow, Gatestone Institute; columnist, Newsweek; author, “Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America.”

Capt. James Fanell (Ret.), former chief of intelligence and information operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet; senior fellow, Geneva Center for Security Policy; columnist, American Greatness

Col. Grant Newsham (Ret.), former foreign service officer; senior fellow, Center for Security Policy; author, “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”

Charles “Sam” Faddis, retired CIA operations officer; former assistant attorney general for the state of Washington; author, “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA.”