Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), once a fervent critic of the Chinese Communist Party, changed her tune as ties to Beijing enriched her family, bestselling author Peter Schweizer reveals in his new book Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win.
Pelosi’s stance perhaps changed most rapidly during the debate over the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, an event human rights activists decried as a travesty given China’s extensive record of atrocities against its own people. Opponents of the Games argued at the time that granting China such a tremendous honor and showcase for the Communist Party would embolden it to commit even greater horrors.
A year later, China sent paramilitary troops to crush a peaceful protest by members of the Uyghur community of East Turkistan, killing dozens and setting in motion the events that would lead to dictator Xi Jinping…
