China targeting three U.S. ‘centers of gravity’

Bill Gertz

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The military has identified three “centers of gravity” under attack by the Chinese Communist Party with the goal of weakening and defeating the U.S., Inside the Ring has learned. A center of gravity refers to a military’s main sources of power, strength and will to act. The term originated with 19th century Prussian military theorist Gen. Carl von Clausewitz.

The first target of China’s potential whole-of-government attack on an American center of gravity would be U.S. political decision-making — the ability of civilian and military leaders to rapidly make decisions. The CCP organization behind targeting critical American decision-making is the United Front Work Department, a combination intelligence-gathering and influence unit with a budget estimated to be as high as $11 billion annually.