China Ramped Up Fentanyl Precursor Production to Target US, Expert SaysChina Ramped Up Fentanyl Precursor Production to Target US, Expert Says
The Yantian International Container Terminals in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, on April 11, 2025. Most Chinese goods now face a 145 percent U.S. tariff, including a 20 percent duty targeting fentanyl specifically. China has long been a key source of illicit fentanyl, and U.S. President Donald Trump in February vowed to hold Beijing accountable for its role in the synthetic opioid trade. Cheng Xin/Getty Images

China Ramped Up Fentanyl Precursor Production to Target US, Expert Says

Under U.S. pressure, the regime banned fentanyl production in 2019, but Chinese companies simply shifted tactics and shipped precursors to Mexico.
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The Chinese regime began a secret project during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term to weaken the United States by scaling up production of fentanyl precursors and shipping them to Mexico and Canada for manufacturing and distribution across the border, according to an insider who has sources in Beijing’s top political circle.

The plan, which the Chinese regime has dubbed Project Zero, aims to make Americans addicted, according to Yuan Hongbing, a dissident and jurist living in exile in Australia. His sources are close to the descendants of senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They asked to remain anonymous because of security concerns.

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