China

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign for global dominance presents a clear threat to the world. Recent events have shined a bright light on Beijing's efforts to dismantle democracies worldwide, the CCP’s attempts to extend its harmful global influence, and the ongoing challenges in the United States' relationship with Beijing.

Throughout her career in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, Senator Blackburn has consistently raised concerns about China’s outsized role in global affairs and has been a leader in the fight to hold the Chinese regime accountable. From demanding answers from Beijing for their countless human rights abuses to the dictatorship’s theft of intellectual property and spreading COVID-19, Senator Blackburn will not stop speaking out about the threats posed by the CCP.

For a full and comprehensive timeline of Senator Blackburn’s work to counter Communist China, click here.

What Senator Blackburn Is Doing to Stop Communist China

Protecting Our National Security

Under former President Biden, the CCP’s aggression toward the U.S. escalated, endangering our national security. 

Senator Blackburn stands behind President Trump's decisive America First leadership in confronting the CCP’s escalating aggression and espionage threats that intensified under the Biden administration. From restricting Chinese land purchases near U.S. military sites to cracking down on fentanyl precursors, banning surveillance tools, and countering spy operations and influence campaigns, President Trump has boldly held Beijing accountable. Senator Blackburn commends these transformative actions and will continue to work with the Trump administration to expose and defeat the CCP’s malign activities.

Senator Blackburn introduced the bipartisan Stemming The Operation of Pernicious and Illicit (STOP Illicit) Drones Act to limit the presence of Chinese-produced drones in the United States and keep our nation safer. In 2024, her measure to prohibit the FAA from funding foreign drone companies or procuring drones from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and Cuba was signed into law as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act.

Following reports that the CCP has secretly operated police stations in cities across America to spy on individuals, Senator Blackburn sent a letter to the FBI and DOJ calling for an immediate inquiry. She also introduced the Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act to safeguard our national security and protect U.S. intellectual property — like academic research and technological innovation—from being stolen and used by our adversaries.

As Communist China works to infiltrate every major U.S. sector, the agricultural industry is no exception. Over the past few years, the United States has experienced a rapid increase in foreign investment in the agricultural sector from Communist China. To combat this, Senator Blackburn introduced the bipartisan Foreign Adversary Risk Management (FARM) Act to protect American farmland and ensure Beijing cannot weaponize our food supply.

Senator Blackburn also introduced a trio of bills to expose and address national security risks by foreign adversaries who are leveraging Sister City partnerships, opaque real estate purchases, and agricultural land acquisitions to embed themselves in U.S. communities. This package of bills included the District of Columbia Sister City Integrity Act, the Foreign Property Ownership Transparency Act, and the Prohibition of Agricultural Land for Foreign Adversaries Act.

Protecting Our National Security

Since President Biden’s first day in office, the CCP’s aggression towards the U.S. has escalated, and our national security has been greatly endangered. Under the Biden-Harris administration, Beijing has spied on the U.S. through a variety of means — from sending operatives to U.S. military sites to purchasing land near sensitive military locations and setting up Confucius Institutes on college campuses. 

In June 2023, Senator Blackburn introduced the bipartisan Stemming The Operation of Pernicious and Illicit (STOP Illicit) Drones Act to limit the presence of Chinese-produced drones in the United States and keep our nation safer. Senator Blackburn also fought to secure vital national security wins in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act. In 2024, her measure to prohibit the FAA from funding foreign drone companies or procuring drones from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and Cuba was signed into law.

Securing American Interests

Senator Blackburn understands that in order to remain competitive on the world stage, we must bolster our domestic industries and equip them with the tools for success.

Senator Blackburn has led legislation aimed at strengthening U.S. advanced defense capabilities. She introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Investing in American Defense Technologies Act to establish a federal public-private partnership to invest in American defense-centric small businesses, help fuel cutting-edge defense technology production, and make the United States more competitive with adversaries like China.

Additionally, after deep vulnerabilities in our country's national supply chains caused by our dependence on Communist China were exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Blackburn introduced the bipartisan Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act to streamline federal efforts to boost domestic manufacturers and support workers.

Communist China has publicly acknowledged its goal to lead the world in quantum communications by 2049. It’s critical the United States provides an environment for entrepreneurs and companies to promote competition and continued innovation, which is why Senator Blackburn introduced the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act with seven bipartisan colleagues in January 2026. This legislation would authorize five years of support for quantum research and development funded through federal science agencies.

Defending Freedom for Taiwan, the Uyghurs, and Hong Kong

Beijing is known for its use of political violence, speech suppression, and torture to silence dissent and concentrate power in the hands of the CCP. Senator Blackburn has never shied away from the fight as she continues to stand up for Taiwan, the Uyghur Muslims, and the Hong Kong Freedom Fighters against the Chinese regime’s brutality.

As Communist China continues to seek domination over Taiwan, Senator Blackburn has been a staunch defender of independence for the Indo-Pacific nation. In August 2022, Senator Blackburn visited Taiwan, met with President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, and called to strengthen connections between the U.S. and Taiwan. During this visit, Senator Blackburn made it clear: Taiwan is a country. Senator Blackburn has also visited Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea to promote American diplomacy and push back on Beijing’s growing influence in the region.

Senator Blackburn firmly believes in ensuring Taiwan has the capacity to defend itself, which is why she introduced the Taiwan Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act. She also led the Taiwan Travel and Tourism Coordination Act to keep Americans safer by establishing robust security screenings for those traveling to the U.S. from Asia and strengthening the economic partnership between the U.S. and Taiwan.

In August 2025, Senator Blackburn led her colleagues in sending a letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization regarding the CCP’s unilateral move to fully open a third extension of the M503 flight route in the Taiwan Strait in an attempt to undermine Taiwan’s role in global aviation. Senator Blackburn has encouraged U.S. colleges and universities to support the U.S.-Taiwan Education Initiative as an alternative to China’s propaganda-fueled Confucius Institutes that infiltrated around 100 college campuses.

During the 2019 Hong Kong protests when Beijing executed a takeover of the once autonomous region of Hong Kong, Senator Blackburn led bipartisan legislation prohibiting the U.S. export of crowd control equipment to the Hong Kong Police Force, which was signed into law by President Trump.

Senator Blackburn has continually fought to end the CCP’s ongoing genocide against the Uyghur Muslims. She supported the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which was signed into law in 2021, to ensure that goods made with the slave labor of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and elsewhere in Communist China do not enter the United States. She led the Keep China Out of Solar Energy Act to prohibit the U.S. government from buying solar panels manufactured or assembled in Communist China and ensure no taxpayer dollars are being used to fuel the CCP’s genocide and human rights abuses.

The COVID-19 Pandemic

We know that China, for at least two weeks and likely longer, hid the deadly COVID-19 virus from the international community, allowing it to spread across the globe. Not long after COVID-19 reached the United States and the rest of the world, the CCP launched its propaganda campaign blaming American interests for the spread of the novel coronavirus. At the same time the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global health emergency in March 2020, Chinese officials and state media began peddling the lie that the virus may have been leaked from a U.S. Army lab.

Senator Blackburn pushed back against this Chinese propaganda and in May 2020, she filed the Stop COVID Act, which would allow American victims of the pandemic to sue Chinese officials in U.S. court. Senator Blackburn also led a bipartisan, bicameral resolution calling on China to take responsibility for its abject failure to be forthright about the severity of the COVID-19 crisis it created.