Senior CCP Intelligence Official, Who is Also a Trained Sniper, Buys Historic Building JUST 650 FEET From the White House

A historic nine-story building overlooking the White House Complex has been purchased by a foundation controlled by a man with reported ties to multiple Chinese Communist Party security and influence organizations.

The century-old Securities Building on 15th Street in Washington, D.C., approximately 650 feet northeast of the White House grounds, was purchased on July 21, 2026, for $8.4 million by the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation, according to property filings reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The foundation’s namesake, Philip Qiu, also identified in Chinese records as Qiu Feili, has reportedly held positions connected to China’s public-security system and the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front apparatus.

And now his foundation owns a building within sight of America’s executive complex.

According to the Daily Caller investigation and its translations of Chinese government and university records, Qiu began his career as a detective with the Shanghai Public Security Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Team.

The Shanghai Public Security Bureau operates under China’s Ministry of Public Security, the powerful state-security organization responsible for policing, domestic intelligence and political control.

The report also connects Qiu to at least three organizations associated with the CCP’s United Front Work Department, including service on the executive committee of the Shanghai branch of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.

The bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission describes United Front work as an effort by CCP agencies and affiliates to co-opt or pressure people and organizations outside the Party into advancing Beijing’s interests. A 2026 commission brief explains that United Front relationships can also facilitate intelligence collection by China’s security services. Read the commission’s analysis here.

Qiu has also served as honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Immigration Department Staff Association, according to the Daily Caller, and reportedly helped organize events introducing Hong Kong students to Shanghai SWAT personnel.

A university announcement cited by the investigation further claimed that Qiu had received “special forces training” and participated in a combat-themed exercise while enrolled in a Shanghai Jiaotong University master’s program.

In a 2021 statement translated by the Daily Caller, Qiu reportedly declared: “The CCP is like a kind, but firm parent.”

🚨SCOOP: A senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official is the new owner of a historic building overlooking the White House Complex, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

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Qiu’s ownership of The Securities Building poses an urgent national security threat and must be investigated by federal authorities, multiple intelligence experts told the DCNF.

“This property allows access for big splashy intel ops as well as for more classic ops — like a listening post or Stingray-like systems to collect phone calls, text messages, and digital exhaust,” Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, told the DCNF. “That’s all great for collecting targeting information to later ‘bump’ or recruit targets out in the world, who otherwise work inside a key U.S. government building.”

“But what’s especially alarming are emerging ops that properties like this allow — like hidden drone swarms or shipping container missiles,” said Wright, who hosts The Wright Report podcast. “This kind of property is where the next 9/11 will come from. It’s coming.”

Qiu, whose Chinese name is Qiu Feili, has held at least four Chinese government positions, beginning with a “career as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Team in Shanghai,” a 2024 University of New Haven (UNH) Instagram post states.

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“Classmate Qiu Feili, who has undergone special forces training, served as a commander in the Red-Blue Battle, and not only directed his troops to successfully capture enemy positions, but also killed one-third of the opposing forces with 42 shots, achieving the best individual sniper record,” according to a DCNF translation of SJTU’s announcement concerning the training exercise.

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The Shanghai native has also held at least three positions in arms of a CCP influence and intelligence agency called the United Front Work Department (UFWD), according to DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements. The UFWD’s operations are a “blend of engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations” that Beijing uses to steer foreign policy and “gain access to advanced foreign technology,” according to the House Select Committee on the CCP.

Among other roles, Qiu has served on the executive committee of the Shanghai branch of the UFWD’s All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), according to a DCNF translation of a Chinese government announcement.

Read more here.

The Gateway Pundit has repeatedly covered concerns about Chinese-linked property acquisitions near sensitive American installations.

In November 2025, the outlet reported that CCP-linked entities held properties near military bases across the United States, including land near F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Grand Forks Air Force Base and Laughlin Air Force Base.

Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft also reported in July 2025 on the Trump administration’s proposed crackdown on Chinese ownership of American farmland, particularly land near military and strategic facilities.

Now the concern is no longer confined to farmland hundreds or thousands of miles from Washington. It is reportedly 650 feet from the White House grounds.