In the old days, there was the ComIntern. In the 1930s and 1940s its tentacles reached deep into the federal government, all the way up to the vice-presidency (Henry Wallace).
Today, we have the CCP version of ComIntern (although I don't know if it has a name).
We're about to discover just how intertwined its grasp has become on those in power (both in government, and in "business" as well).