In 2019, using [[bribery]] and threats,{{fact}} Beijing managed to seize control of the powerful U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), despite [[Trump administration]] efforts to block that. Years earlier, though, Americans working within and around the U.N. agency warned about Chinese “trust funds” within FAO, as well as that Beijing would be running a candidate to take over the agency. | In 2019, using [[bribery]] and threats,{{fact}} Beijing managed to seize control of the powerful U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), despite [[Trump administration]] efforts to block that. Years earlier, though, Americans working within and around the U.N. agency warned about Chinese “trust funds” within FAO, as well as that Beijing would be running a candidate to take over the agency. |