Researchers trace a CCP-linked tech mogul to U.S. pro-Hamas protests and a Vancouver-led terror network.

By Sam Cooper | The Bureau

A socialist billionaire with deep ties to Beijing’s foreign influence system and American leftist networks is behind the funding and messaging driving pro‑Hamas campaigns among American youth, a new report asserts.

In Brief by Probe International

A George Washington University report reveals Neville Roy Singham, a U.S. tech billionaire turned Shanghai-based political influencer linked to Chinese state entities, is channeling funds through nonprofits and media to fuel U.S. pro-Hamas activism—driving anti-Israel campus protests and targeting Jewish institutions and politicians.

The report “CCP Influence in U.S. Pro-Palestinian Activism” points to an alarming overlap between Singham’s efforts and the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network—led by Vancouver-based lawyer Charlotte Kates.

The report connects Samidoun—banned in Canada and sanctioned by the U.S. for links to the terrorist-designated Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)—and Charlotte Kates to Shut It Down for Palestine (SID4P) protests, citing her participation in their events. Kates, a U.S.-educated lawyer married to Iranian-backed militant propagandist Khaled Barakat, has spent two decades advocating for armed Palestinian groups, which resulted in her ban from Germany. Meanwhile, Kates open praise of Hamas and Iran-backed militants has triggered Canadian hate-speech probes.

Following Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel, Samidoun and related U.S.-linked groups swiftly mobilized student protests—occupying campuses, waving Palestinian flags, and demanding cuts to Israel ties. Behind these actions, GWU researchers uncovered a covert network funded by Neville Singham, aligned with the CCP’s strategy to frame the Israel-Palestine conflict through an anti-colonial lens despite feigning neutrality in Middle Eastern conflicts.

According to the GWU report, media projects tied to Singham, Kates, and Samidoun propagate anti-Western narratives steeped in CCP rhetoric through coordinated outlets BreakThrough News and People’s Dispatch, managed by shared personnel.

These efforts, the report argues, are not isolated but part of Beijing’s strategy to sway global opinion, weaken Western credibility, and advance China’s geopolitical clout.

The report states:

“The overlap between China’s foreign policy rhetoric and the slogans of pro-Palestinian protests is clear. Both frame the conflict in terms of colonialism and imperialism, with calls to end Gaza’s suffering and critiques of U.S. support for Israel.”

Read the original version of this report at the publisher’s website here.