CodePink Launches China Tour Amid Ongoing Investigation into Singham Network Funding
The peace organization's trip to China, promoting the country's "revolutionary history" and "socialist development," coincides with a federal grand jury investigation into its alleged ties and funding from Neville Roy Singham.
CodePink, a California-based nonprofit, has embarked on a 12-day tour of China, aiming to showcase the country's "revolutionary history" and "socialist development." The trip, which began recently, is being led by CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin and includes stops in Shanghai, Chongqing, Zunyi, Loushanguan, Maotai Village, and Guiyang. The tour's promotional materials describe opportunities to "marvel at high-tech infrastructure and modern socialist development," with highlights including "Red Memorials, Historical Re-Enactments and Museums, Socialist Infrastructure, and Rural Revitalization."
This tour is taking place while a federal grand jury investigation is ongoing into the network of Neville Roy Singham, an American tech entrepreneur with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Fox News Digital investigations have revealed that Singham has funneled approximately $278 million since 2017 into a network of nonprofits, including CodePink. His wife, Jodie Evans, is also a co-founder of CodePink and participates in the organization's activities.
Benjamin, in video posts from China, has praised the country's safety and contrasted it with perceptions in Washington. She stated that attendees on the tour could learn how China differs from "the one we keep hearing about in Washington."
Singham, who sold his tech company for an estimated $785 million in 2017, has been linked to various anti-ICE, anti-Israel, and pro-Iran demonstrations organized by the nonprofits he allegedly funds. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York reportedly opened a grand jury investigation into allegations of money laundering, bank fraud, and wire fraud involving Singham and his network in June. No criminal charges have been filed against Singham or the associated organizations.
Both Singham and CodePink have publicly denied that the organization takes direction from the Chinese government. Singham has asserted that his actions are guided by his personal political beliefs, and Benjamin has stated that CodePink does not receive funding from the Chinese Communist Party. The cost of the 12-day China tour is estimated to be between $3,000 and $4,000 per participant.