EXCLUSIVEThe two most terrifying moves by China signaling it's closer to a Western Hemisphere takeover
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From 'made in China' vape products bound for America to the CCP cozying up to the U.S.'s southern neighbors, voters are concerned about China's expansive interference in the Western Hemisphere.
A new poll from ScriptLabs of 1,000 voters shared exclusively with DailyMail.com found respondents are weary of the U.S. rival's influence over American farmland and growing alliances with Venezuela and cartels.
Four out of five voters, 80 percent, are concerned over the flow of Chinese-made cigarettes being trafficked into the U.S. by Mexican cartels.
The Sinaloa cartel and others have been getting involved in the trade of disposable, cheap Chinese vapes, which has recently led to turf wars over the nicotine trade.
Mexico amended its constitution in December to outlaw vapes, though tobacco is still legal. The move pushed the devices into illicit markets, and the cartels have since added the products to their ledgers.
The top three brands of vapes used by U.S. middle school and high schoolers were illicit products imported from China, a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study found.
These Chinese brands made up 70 percent of all vaping products American kids are using, according to the CDC. The flavored vape products are technically illegal in both the U.S. and China, though they still wind up in tobacco shops around the U.S.
And these are the exact devices that the cartels have started fighting over as the demand for vapes has grown in America, though their ingredients and origins are difficult to trace.
Rows of disposable vape products on a store shelf in Fresno, California. Most, if not all, of the products are manufactured in China. Though flavored vapes
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with senior officers of the armed forces stationed in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 15, 2023
Chinese President Xi meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in 2014. The two countries have traded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of military equipment
Voters also expressed worry over China increasing its economic and military presence in Venezuela with 84% noting their concern over what could happen if the U.S. cedes influence in the embattled, dictator-led country.
Donald Trump's administration recently announced additional tariffs on the Central American country and demanded that Chevron wind down operations there.
Venezuela is one of China's largest military trading partners in the region, and the country is even home to some space facilities operated by the Asian country.
The ScritpLabs survey also found that most Americans are concerned over Chinese influence over the U.S. food supply.
Nearly all respondents, 92 percent stated they believe the government should bolster American agriculture to prevent outsourcing to China.
Foreign entities and individuals own roughly 43 million acres of U.S. agricultural land, nearly 2 percent of all U.S. land, according to government data.
China owns over 350,000 acres in 27 states, the admin claims.
Earlier this, year Republicans introduced a bill to ban entities based out of China, Iran, Russia and North Korea from purchasing American agricultural land.
Trump recently announced that U.S. oil giant Chevron must wind down operations in Venezuela
'China is buying up our technology. They're buying up food supplies. They're buying up our farmland,' Trump said on the campaign trail.
'They're buying up our minerals and natural resources. They're buying up our ports and shipping terminals.'
'While some are focused on China's purchases near power plants and military bases, the fact is we should be very concerned about all Chinese Communist activity in the United States,' the Republican shared. 'As I've long said, economic security is national security.'
