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With America's Eyes on Ukraine, Biden Made Biggest Concession to China Yet
Newsweek ^ | Ben Wiengarten

Posted on 03/07/2022 1:16:07 PM PST by anthropocene_x

With America's eyes fixed on Ukraine, the Biden administration just gave Communist China its greatest gift yet.

In a little-noticed February 23 university speech, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department's National Security Division announced the department would be terminating its preeminent counter-espionage program, the China Initiative. This comes as the Biden DOJ is ramping up its pursuit of Americans on the basis of purported "domestic terror" threats it has never explicitly defined or substantiated.

The initiative was more than justified given China's penetration of America's schools, research centers and businesses. As FBI Director Christopher Wray recognized just a few weeks ago in a speech on the domestic threat posed by Communist China:"When we tally up what we see in our investigations—over 2,000 of which are focused on the Chinese government trying to steal our information or technology—there is just no country that presents a broader threat to our ideas, our innovation and our economic security than China."

The termination of the China Initiative is all the more outrageous given the politically correct rationale behind it. The Biden DOJ, in its own telling, did not drop the initiative because it was ineffective. Rather, it did so because progressive activists cried racism, and the department apparently lacked the will to weather the criticism, let alone rebut it, apparently prioritizing optics over national security.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: biden; ccp; chechens; chechnya; china; espionage; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; russia; russianaggression; spying; treason; ukraine; zottherussiantrolls
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To: 1Old Pro

In the words of Lindy Graham, “Someone needs to take him out!”


21 posted on 03/07/2022 2:34:52 PM PST by Musketeer
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To: anthropocene_x

Any info about these folks?

(short excerpt from Investopedia site):

Eric S. Yuan

Eric S. Yuan owns 43,284,343 shares of Zoom, representing about 18.5% of all outstanding shares, according to a 13-G form filed on December 31, 2020.6 Yuan is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Zoom, which he founded in 2011. Prior to Zoom, Yuan held several executive positions at Cisco, where he was responsible for collaboration software development. At Cisco, he was also the founding engineer of WebEx, which sells conferencing and videoconferencing services. At WebEx, he helped grow sales to $800 million.4 Together with his family, Yuan’s net worth is $14.2 billion, which is #140 on the Forbes billionaire list.7
Bin Yuan and Cathy Wang

Bin Yuan and Cathy Wang have shared voting and dispositive power over 22,587,156 shares of Class A Common Stock held in trusts for which they serve as costrustees, representing 9.6% of the shares of Class A of Common Stock, according to a 13-G form filed on March 3, 2021.6 Each of them also personally owns 1,000 shares over which they have total control.8 Yuan is an immediate family member of Zoom founder Eric Yuan.9
Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing owns 14,558,398 shares of Zoom, representing about 6.2% of all outstanding shares, according to a 13-G form filed on December 31, 2019.6 Li, described as one of Asia’s most influential businessmen, is senior advisor for multinational conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings, having formerly served as chair. He was an early investor in Zoom before its shares skyrocketed.10 His net worth is estimated at $32.5 billion is ranked #42 on the Forbes billionaires list.11


22 posted on 03/07/2022 3:14:56 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: anthropocene_x

China is our US’s major rival. China has been stealing secrets, defense information, manufacturing secrets and intellectual property from American companies doing business with China. All in order to break our economy and to defeat us should it go to war with us.

Trump started the counter-espionage China Initiative to try to stop China. Now Biden has dumped that because he thinks a few truck drivers driving to D.C. to protest are more scary than Red China.


23 posted on 03/07/2022 3:41:33 PM PST by RicocheT
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To: anthropocene_x
Another betrayal?

NBD!
Our communist masters know that the feckless, sniveling Aamerican sheeple will just continue to roll over and spread their collective cheeks...

Bow down!... Obey!... Snitch!...

24 posted on 03/07/2022 3:43:27 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: anthropocene_x

Biden is on China’s payroll. Period.


25 posted on 03/07/2022 3:43:31 PM PST by Chgogal (Whatever Biden decides to do, do the opposite.)
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To: anthropocene_x

giving our miltech to the chinese started with the clintons.

search for #chinagate and the #coxcongressionalreport for info

the clinton admin forced lab employees to allow chinese scientists thru the name access doors.

they didn’t do it for sightseeing. and yes, they got bags of swag (think hard drives)

walmart was the mechanism thru which they gathered funds siphoned from the US and upgraded their manufacturing infrastructure to be the best in the world, while ours was mothballed.

this was a plan a long time in the making


26 posted on 03/07/2022 4:22:35 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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