October 20, 2020, 8:06 AM EST.
written by Net Advisor™
WASHINGTON, DC. We’ve heard a lot of talk about “Russia” influencing U.S. elections. There is no data that actually shows Russians secretly arriving in the U.S. right before an election with magic citizenship records ready to vote.
The most data we had was in 2016, when a few Russian-tied operatives bought some Facebook ads that 99.9% of the USA or the planet ever saw. The ads attempted to stir debate on BOTH presidential candidates (Report, Points 5-20).
We don’t hear too many verifiable claims that Russia has been sending money to U.S. politicians. Although we did have Russian government ties to the Clinton Foundation which led to U.S. uranium sold to Russia under the Obama-Biden Admin. At the time Hillary Clinton was the U.S. Secretary of State.
Aside from this, this so-called ‘Russian election interference’ was driven by U.S. media and American political propagandists. The purpose was to instill fear into Americans that that elections are not up to citizens.
Russia’s economy (GDP) is about half-the size of California. Russia would be bankrupt overnight if it didn’t have the EU (38.2%) & China (20.9%) buying up just over 59% of Russia’s exports.
Until recently, we rarely hear about China’s interference in U.S. elections and influence in U.S. politics.
China’s economy is about nine times the size of Russia ($15.2 Trillion vs $1.7 Trillion), second only to the U.S. at $20.8 Trillion.
China isn’t the only player in DC trying to buy influence, but China is willing to pony up the cash if you don’t mind selling out to China’s long-term Communist interests.
[1] China’s Critics & Defenders:
For some ‘odd’ reason, China seems to have more defenders in the USA than they have critics.
[2] China’s Chief Critic.
President Donald J. Trump is probably China’s biggest critic. Trump labeled China a currency manipulator which China had been doing for decades. China has been dumping (selling well below costs) aluminum, glass, solar panels, steel and many other materials in order to put American (and EU) manufactures out of business.
This would give China permanent trade dominance and create foreign dependence on China for critical industry materials. With little or no competition, China could then charge whatever they wanted. American and EU consumers would pay skyrocketing costs for autos, homes, TV’s, computers, cell phones, other electronics, furniture, home appliances, guns, ammo, and even jewelry to name just a few products dependent on said major materials.
All of this would negatively impact U.S. jobs, U.S. businesses and risks inflation to the U.S. The result of higher costs (inflation), raises retail prices for consumers. Inflation (through higher interest rates) increases the interest on the national debt. This means government would have to tax more Americans, cut government programs or both; just to keep paying the interest on the debt.
Now you know why Trump is China’s biggest critic.
This begs the question? Why isn’t all U.S. media, American business and U.S. politicians overtly concerned about China’s economic tactics against America?
[3] The China Defenders.
WHO.
The World Health Organization (WHO) told us on January 14, 2020, to rely on China’s scientists; that there was no evidence that Coronavirus had human-to-human transmission.
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152
Everyone on the planet knows this is a lie.
Taiwan raised concerns in an email to the WHO on December 31, 2019 about a virus outbreak coming from Wuhan, China. The WHO claimed they never received the email. There is no data that the U.S. or any other country ever was copied or notified about the email.
We argued that the WHO’s chair, Tedros Adhanom, has serous conflicts of interest between his role with the WHO, and his country’s business affairs with China. (See our report, under the sub-heading, “In Bed with the WHO?”)
Next, we also have U.S. Congressional Democrats defending China.
Political Figures.
House Speaker Pelosi reportedly blocked an investigation into Coronavirus. Pelosi was more interested in Trump’s impeachment than addressing a major public health concern.
The Democrat candidate for president, Joe Biden called Trump’s Coronavirus concerns over his travel ban as “xenophobic” and “fear mongering.”
The New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), defended China by wrongfully claiming that the Coronavirus came from Europe, instead of China.
Media.
The Washington Post called the Coronavirus concerns raised Tom Cotton (R-AR) a “conspiracy theory.”
Sports.
Pre-Coronavirus, we saw the NBA defend China over speech censorship.
Bill Gates.
Next, we had the co-founder of Microsoft defend criticism of China during the Coronavirus.
One has to ask the question?
Why are politicians, a sports organization, Democrats including House Speaker Pelosi, Joe Biden, and the World Health Organization DEFENDING China?
The answer is MONEY.
[4] China’s Communist Repression.
China doesn’t care about its people. China is unable to feed its own. Why do you think people eat dogs, cats, rats, bats, spiders, anything that has a heartbeat, or is alive; is eaten in China and other parts of Asia.
China doesn’t allow its people to have freedom without every activity outside being video recorded, facial recognition captured, body language recorded and analyzed by computer algorithms. Additional reporting on this by CBS News, Daily Mail.UK, The Guardian.UK, New York Times.
Reports suggest there are some 1 million Chinese Muslims and other religions who are government-deemed non-compliant thinkers, are being held in re-education (prison) camps.
Chinese citizens are taken away by government police or other authorities without a warrant, without a lawyer, or without a trial. The camps isolate people from their families, friends, work and general society. They are designed to brainwash detainees to shun all religion; to think and act in the correct way according to the Communist government.
China’s government defends the camps saying they are ‘voluntary.’ Yet, insiders’ report that people are not allowed to leave (aka – detention); are subject to increased discipline (for incorrect speech) and are kept under 24-7 video monitoring.
Yet, most every country in the world is dying (no pun intended) to do business with China?
[5] Standing With the Communists.
In 2019, Democratic presidential contented, Michael Bloomberg praised China’s Communism. Bloomberg thought he could somehow control China and India’s economies in the name of “Climate Change.”
“Bloomberg argued that the Chinese Communist Party was ecologically friendly, democratically accountable, and invulnerable to the threat of revolution.”
— Source: N.Y. Magazine, Dec. 02, 2019.
Based on what we know of dictator/ Communist regimes, is that they can never be trusted. They will only comply with something if it serves the interests of the Communist (or other Totalitarian) regime.
[6] Foreign Lobbying in USA.
In 2017 alone, 483 foreign principals spent over $1.88 Billion lobbying the U.S. government and special interest groups including Congress. South Korea was the biggest spender, and China wasn’t on the list in 2017. South Korea has cut their lobby spending in the last two years during the Trump Admin.
In 2018, arguably, after increasing pressure on better trade deals with the U.S., China became the 8th biggest lobby spender in the USA.
- Columbia University Report: China Lobbying Practices (1979-2010)(PDF, 31 pps).
In the spring of 2019 alone, eight China-based companies reportedly spent a combined $7.9 Million on U.S. lobbying and public relations efforts.
Total lobbying money have generally increased since 1998 (Clinton Admin). During the Obama Administration, lobby money went decreased with a more complaint Admin.
During the Trump Administration thus far, lobby money has increased, but Trump has demanded better trade deals for America.
Foreign counties with more Anti-U.S. governments, reportedly spend their lobby money quietly to avoid attention.
“Some countries, particularly Russia, China and Iran, may believe their money is better spent on covert activity rather than publicly trying to shape American debates.”
— Source: U.S. News, Aug. 17, 2018.
We would argue that these and other countries want the “old way” of politics to return. This is where long-time established politicians, previous Secretary of States, vice presidents, and presidents could be more easily bought. This sacrificed American jobs and industry to foreign interests, but America wasn’t paying attention, so no one cared.
[7] China & the Bidens.
Biden and his family have long ties to questionable issues.
The Biden family ties have included illegal drug possession, credit card fraud, DUI-homicide, attempted retail theft, and assault on a police officer. Because Biden was a Senator and then VP, no one ever went to jail.
After Biden made a visit to China as Vice President, Biden’s son, Robert “Hunter” Biden, received over $1 Billion in a business deal. Another report pegs this amount at $1.5 Billion from China-gov controlled interests.
Hunter Biden got this billion-dollar deal only after then Vice President Joe Biden met with the Chinese Communist president in 2013.
Hunter Biden reportedly received $3.5 Million from billionaire Elena Baturina; the wife of Yury Luzhkov – the former (now deceased) 18-year mayor in Moscow, Russia.
According to a report published by the The Guardian, Baturina and her former husband are accused of having strong criminal ties. That corruption report claim was known to the Obama-Biden Admin in 2010. The couple denied these claims.
What Hunter did for this Russian money is unknown.
Emails now strongly suggest (PDF) that Hunter Biden used his father’s political position for financial gain.
"10 held by H for the big guy”
"H" appears to be Hunter Biden, but who exactly is "the big guy" here? Joe Biden???
If they are talking about Joe, it would mean he is directly compromised by China. Kinda seems important to get to the bottom of this, no?https://t.co/tLq77aSEno pic.twitter.com/ogXyCsLGgr
— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) October 15, 2020
From the email above an additional “10” ($10 Million) was to be “held by H” (Hunter) “for the big guy” (Joe Biden).
Social media and most all major media have actively sought to cover-up this information from the pubic, or just ignore (avoid reporting) the matter; together doing China’s bidding?
It appears Hunter was looking at $10M (ten million) per year, for three years or $30M (million) total for who knows what?
If someone is talking about giving/ paying you that kind of money, they clearly would expect a return on their investment to be multiple times that, which could include some favorable treatment?
What did Hunter have to offer?
Hunter had been discharged from the military after about a year for testing positive for cocaine. He had a history of drug and alcohol use.
Hunter Biden has a law degree, but we could not find him actually arguing a single case in court.
He worked as a DC lobbyist, which means he is paid to use other people’s money to gain (typically political) influence for his clients.
Hunter is supposedly an “investment advisor,” but we could not find him registered with the name or variations of “Robert Hunter Biden” with FINRA or the SEC.
He supposedly was a founder and has an investment advisory firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners; but we could not find any registration under that name with the SEC.
The said firm co-founded BHR Partners, an investment firm controlled by the Bank of China.
As long as Hunter Biden does not provide any investment advice or conduct ANY investment business discussions with ANY person in the USA, only then he would not have to register in the USA. We were unable to determine whether Hunter is, or ever had been registered as an investment advisor anywhere.
NOTE: As one who worked in this industry with nine (9) U.S. licenses, a registered advisor, compliance officer, and hedge fund manager among other work functions; it is extremely difficult for U.S. citizens to just go to any foreign country, especially China, and (in Hunter’s case); with no known track record and suddenly walk out with over $1 Billion dollars. That just doesn’t happen.
The Bank of China which is controlled by the China Communist government, isn’t going to hand out that kind of money for an “investment” to someone with a sketchy past.
There are far more qualified prominent investment advisors out there if China just wanted to invest their money with someone with an amazing track-record and a ton of well-known street cred.
Hunter had something that no one else had. A father who was acting Vice President.
Hunter has been divorced since 2017. (Image: NY Post).
None of this on the surface seems illegal as long as there are proper financial disclosures, compliance and reporting;
AND, as long as no undisclosed (off-shore) money went to, or was being (secretly) held in the interest for anyone else. In this case, according to the above email, what would count as an ‘interested party’ appears to be the former VP Joe Biden.
Hunter as a U.S. citizen would need to disclose all of his financial gains or losses, income and expenses on his U.S. tax returns.
Further, ANY foreign bank or investment accounts owned, controlled or having interest to or held therein, are also REQUIRED to be disclosed annually by all U.S. citizens [Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)], under the Bank Secrecy Act.
We found no records disclosing interest in any foreign bank account(s) under Joe Biden’s 2018 amended tax return.
Whatever that Billion plus dollar investment Hunter got, China became a bigger player in the world. Under Obama-Biden Admin., trade and other diplomatic relations with China were weak.
China Gift.
In April 2020, it was reported that a Democrat group backing Joe Biden 2020 received a $100,000 ‘gift’ in a China-based company’s stock from an anonymous (believed China) donor.
Biden Courts Lobbyists.
In August 2020, the DNC and the Biden Campaign have been sucking up to lobbyist donors again. We argue in hope to regain big establishment government again.
Conservative columnist, author and lawyer, Gordon G. Chang said this about China’s influence in U.S. politics.
We cannot allow #China to buy #America's leaders.
— Gordon G. Chang (@GordonGChang) October 17, 2020
[8] Bill & Hillary Clinton, Al Gore & China.
China donated some $366,000 to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). President Bill Clinton got $7,000 per person just for China representatives to watch Clinton give an eight-minute radio speech.
Federal investigators found that VP Al Gore illegally received laundered money from Maria Hsia for a luncheon for Gores 1996 campaign. The purpose was for China to gain more influence in U.S. politics.
Under President Bill Clinton, VP Al Gore supported China receiving the U.S. Most-Favorite Nation trading status. (Quid-pro-quo? No one ever asked.)
In 1998 it was discovered that the daughter of China’s then most powerful military official, Liu Chaoying, 39, worked to broker missile component deals in the USA. Ms. Chaoying had access to the Bill Clinton White House, especially since two years earlier (1996) she made large donations to the DNC.
The Clinton Foundation was notorious for receiving foreign money, even from states that sponsored terrorism against America.
Hillary Clinton alone has been tied to over 250 scandals and controversies.
[9] China & Secretary John Kerry.
Then Senator, John Kerry (D-MA) apparently received China money for his campaign. Kerry went on to be the Secretary of State under the Obama-Biden Admin.
Kerry is now the co-chair of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force. Kerry, along with REP. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and others developed the policies for a potential 2021 Biden Administration.
[10] Obama & Foreign Money.
A report claimed that then President Obama revived millions of dollars in “illegal foreign cash.”
In 2013, President Obama’s campaign was hit with a record fine of $375,000 for hiding some 1,300 illegal donors from the FEC. It didn’t matter what the fine was, the money was already spent, and Obama had funding to help win his 2008 campaign.
Since then, before Obama’s 2012 re-election, the “Obama For America” campaign reportedly received $181 million in campaign contributions, but only $3.6 Million was actually reported to the Federal Elections Committee (FEC). A second report also discussed this. Still no word from the FEC on this.
Obama’s biggest campaign supporters were billionaires.
These are just a few examples to give you an idea what really goes on in DC.
[11] Sports & China.
Major League Baseball (MLB) partnered with China government-owned Beijing Enterprises to stream MLB games in China.
The NFL opened up officers in China in 2008. By 2018, China has about 900,000 views per game.
In 2018 NBA signed a deal with China. Since then the NBA and at least one NBA team owner has been defending China.
[12] Social Media & China.
Facebook is currently banned in China. Funny, we’re in the USA and currently banned from Facebook. Twitter reportedly defended China after questionable (China-propaganda) accounts were discovered on the U.S. social media platform.
Companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter do exist in Hong Kong, technically monitored and controlled by China.
The Communist Party of China focus includes controlling and collecting data.
“Chinese authorities influence news media content around the world through three primary strategies: promoting the CCP’s narratives, suppressing critical viewpoints, and managing content delivery systems.”
— Freedom and the Media 2019 a FreedomHouse.org World Report
Popular China apps such as TikTok (抖音), WeChat (微信) are treasure trove for collecting personal data and social behaviors of their users.
[13] U.S. Media & China.
An opinion article in the New York Times defended China’s aggression to stop protests in Hong Kong. We have our opinion about that.
[14] China’s Government Propaganda.
China admits to state-run propaganda.
“Wherever the readers are, wherever the viewers are, that is where propaganda reports must extend their tentacles.”
— President Xi Jinping, head of the Chinese Communist Party said in 2016 speech. Source: U.S. News, June 6, 2016
It appears that none of the persons, organization or companies mentioned in this report seem to have any concerns that they are being used to help China’s long intent to dominate thru Communism.
Now look who wants to help them.
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