The secretary of State, who has previously described Huawei and other Chinese state-backed businesses as "Trojan horses for Chinese intelligence," said that the actions should serve as a warning for other tech companies.
Hawkfish, the Bloomberg tech firm, will target people who voted for President Trump in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
The Trump administration has previously blamed China for the unfolding health crisis caused by the coronavirus, and it has criticized Beijing for its illegal territorial claims in the South China Sea.
"Nothing's off the table," David Stilwell, assistant secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said when asked whether the U.S. would consider using sanctions to rein in China.
The order was revealed after the judge in Stone's case asked whether Trump's clemency applies only to Stone's prison term or also to the two-year probation period included in his sentence.
Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy investor who was a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, died from what has been ruled a suicide in a Manhattan jail.
If we are going to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars, let's do it to treat the cause of our economic illness, not just the symptoms, writes Mick Mulvaney.
President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of his friend Roger Stone. A pardon for former national security advisor Michael Flynn is not off the table.