Melissa Chen grew up in Singapore, where any speech that disrupts social or religious harmony is illegal. By high school, she was plotting her escape to the U.S., a country she admired from afar for being bold and unapologetic. But after arriving, she began to recognize troubling parallels to the censorship she had hoped to leave behind. Her upbringing also gave her a firsthand appreciation for the importance of American strength and the role this country plays in protecting smaller nations. Today, she warns that one of America's greatest threats comes from within: the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to infiltrate and influence American institutions to advance its own interests.