Chinese Government propaganda about COVID–19 to global audiences. (8) The United Front Work Department utilized Chinese diaspora community associations under its control to purchase personal protective equipment as the COVID–19 outbreak troubled the People's Republic of China from mid-January 2020 on. (9) In February 2020, The Global Times, a site run by the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily newspaper, alleged that COVID–19 was brought to the People's Republic of China from a United States military base during the World Games. (10) As Sheridan Prasso of Bloomberg has reported, the United Front Work Department has actively worked to undermine democracy in Hong Kong under the umbrella of the People's Republic of China’s State Council’s Liaison Office by engaging in political warfare and activating a network of media outlets, and diaspora organizations and pressuring businesses in the city to support the People's Republic of China’s national security laws. (11) The United Front Work Department has played an integral role in the People's Republic of China’s war on religion by leading efforts to publish a new edition of the Bible with Chinese Communist characteristics, actively running internment camps and carrying out anti-religion campaigns against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and severe religious repression of Buddhists in Tibet. (12) Recognizing the threat of the United Front Work Department, on December 4, 2020, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposed visa restrictions on individuals active in United Front Work Department activities under section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(C) ). Furthermore, on January 15, 2021, the Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on You Quan, the head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, placing him on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury for his role in the