CodePink, a nonprofit registered in Marina del Rey, California, has begun promoting a 12-day guided tour of China even as a federal grand jury continues investigating alleged financial crimes tied to its funding network.
On Sunday, the group posted a video of co-founder Medea Benjamin filmed at an airport describing her trip, saying she would show followers how China differs from “the one we keep hearing about in Washington.” A day later, CodePink shared another clip of Benjamin outside a Chinese university praising the country’s safety, remarking that it is “amazing” that an umbrella or bike can be left unattended there “without worrying about someone stealing it.”
An event sign-up page on CodePink’s website lists the trip as 12 days and 11 nights, with stops in Shanghai, Chongqing, Zunyi, Loushanguan, Maotai Village and Guiyang. Estimated costs range from $3,000 to $4,000 depending on how many people join. The listing says participants will be “greeted by local Shanghai comrades” and will tour alongside Benjamin and fellow CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans.
“Explore China’s revolutionary history, while marveling at high-tech infrastructure and modern socialist development,” the event description reads. “Highlights include Red Memorials, Historical Re-Enactments and Museums, Socialist Infrastructure, and Rural Revitalization.”
Ties to Singham
Evans is married to Neville Roy Singham, a 72-year-old American businessman and self-described Marxist who sold his tech company for an estimated $785 million in 2017. A Fox News Digital investigation found that Singham has directly funded CodePink and has funneled a combined $278 million since 2017 into a wider network of nonprofits that regularly organize anti-ICE, anti-Israel and pro-Iran demonstrations.
Evans frequently appears at protests alongside Benjamin and the organization. Last month she marched with communist and Marxist groups objecting to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address at the United Nations General Assembly.
Active investigation
In June, Fox News Digital reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York had opened a grand jury investigation into alleged money laundering, bank fraud and wire fraud connected to Singham and the network of groups he funds.
Singham and CodePink have denied taking direction from the Chinese government. Singham has said his activities are guided by his own political beliefs, and Benjamin has said CodePink receives no money from the Chinese Communist Party. No criminal charges have been filed against Singham or any of the related organizations.
CodePink and Singham did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
