saw this before and thought where's the Mars rover
Shadow Government: Databanks Expose Global Evil and Corruption Says French Billionaire
https://rumble.com/vnlodz-shadow-government-databanks-expose-global-evil-and-corruption-says-french-b.html
Bronx Man Who Attempted To Travel To Afghanistan In 2019 To Join Taliban Convicted Of Attempting To Provide Material Support For Terrorism
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/bronx-man-who-attempted-travel-afghanistan-2019-join-taliban-convicted-attempting
Beijing Cracks Down On Banks, Regulators In Latest Anti-Corruption Drive
For everybody who speculated that Beijing's fine against Meituan was a sign its crackdown on the private sector might be slowing, the reality is that President Xi Jinping and China's top policy makers are merely moving on to their next priority now that Chinese tech giants have been reminded who's in charge.
With China's bond market in chaos thanks to the excesses of developers like Evergrande, Fantasia and others, the WSJ just reported that President Xi Jinping is launching an anti-corruption review of 25 Chinese financial institutions, including state controlled banks and private companies. Just like the "anti-monopoly" crackdown on Chinese tech behemoths like Alibaba, the crackdown on Chinese banks is intended to ensure complete CCP control over the "lifeblood" of the economy.
The investigation was announced in September with few details, but WSJ's sources say it's finally ramping up, as investigators try to determine whether state-controlled financial firms have become "too chummy" with the private sector.
Part of the crackdown will focus on compensation in the financial industry. Apparently, officials within China's Ministry of Finance are concerned that compensation in China's financial sector is "too high".
Aside from the banks and firms themselves, China's top anti-corruption agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, will also focus on whether regulators at the PBOC and other banking, insurance and securities watchdogs have been negligent in supervising companies. The suspicion is that they may have fallen under the spell of what is called "regulatory capture" in the US.
Over the coming weeks and months, employees from the commission will be fanning out to offices across the sector to review files, investigate lending activity and demand answers for how certain deals came to be. Zhao Leji, the head of the CCDI, said his investigators will "thoroughly search for any political deviations," according to Xinhua.
WSJ added that it's "notable" the crackdown is starting in the middle of the Evergrande crisis, which, as we have reported, is spreading to other developers. Chinese banks have already apparently gotten the memo, and banks have already started curtailing lending to private developers.
President Xi and others are concerned that aggressively lending to well-connected firms like Evergrande might be due to their close ties with state banks. Already, Chinese financial conglomerates that lent to Evergrande, including Citic Group, founded in the 1970s by Rong Yiren, an infamous "red capitalist". State banks' lending to Evergrande will also be examined.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/beijing-cracks-down-banks-regulators-latest-anti-corruption-drive
“FK Joe Biden” Goes Global… Protesters in Rome Chant “Fk Joe Biden” as They Pass US Embassy
F**K Joe Biden Goes International
Protesters in Rome Italy, chant “F$%k Joe Biden” as they march past the American Embassy!
Joe Biden’s popularity overseas on the rise as information spreads of his recent commitment for millions in additional US funding of Taliban on top of the $85 Billion in weapons he already supplied them.
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https://rumble.com/vnlypf-fk-joe-biden-goes-global-protesters-in-rome-chant-fk-joe-biden-as-they-pass.html
CHINA FIRST: Biden-Linked CCP Oil Firm Hits Record Production Amidst Keystone Pipeline Cancellation.
Increasing evidence suggests Joe Biden is running the American government for the benefit of the Chinese Communist Party.
A Chinese state-run oil and gas company linked to the son of the President of the United States, Hunter Biden, hit record levels of production amidst President Biden’s decision to halt the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Sinopec, also known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, is a Chinese Communist regime-controlled oil and gas enterprise. Its “fully-owned subsidiary” Sinopec Marketing Company enjoyed nearly $1 billion in investment from Hunter Biden’s private equity firm BHR Partners.
Finalized in March 2015, the investments from the controversial investment fund led to BHR Partners amassing a nearly 30 percent stake in Sinopec.
Hunter reportedly still owns a 10 percent stake in BHR Partners.
China First.
Under the Biden government, Sinopec’s Fuling Shale Gas Field hit a country-wide record for production quantity.
A company press release notes:
Fuling Shale Gas Field – the first commercially developed and operated large-scale shale gas field in China – announced on October 8 that it has produced 40 billion cubic meters of shale gas, setting a new record for the cumulative production of shale gas in the country.
BHR Partner’s LinkedIn profile highlights its Sinopec investment, revealing it was involved “in the pilot state-owned enterprise reform deal involving the segregation and capitalization of Sinopec Group’s non-oil business into Sinopec Marketing Corporation.”
Sinopec’s record-breaking success follows the Biden regime’s assault on American energy independence, including the cancellation of the critical Keystone XL Pipeline and shutting down oil and gas lease sales from federal land in his first days in office.
https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/biden-linked-energy-firm-hits-record-level-production/
Is this a poor body double?
Chinese army practices beach landing amid mounting tensions with Taiwan (VIDEO)
Amid the escalating war of words between Beijing and Taipei, the Chinese military posted a video of its troops practicing beach landings and building beachheads, in “recent” drills conducted right across the straits from Taiwan.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily posted a video on its Weibo account on Monday, showing soldiers “in multiple waves” practicing “capturing the beach.” The video shows soldiers storming the beach using small craft, breaking through barbed wire and other obstacles, digging trenches in the sandbar, and practicing fighting through a forest.
The drills were carried out “in recent days,” according to the PLA, at a range in Fujian province, the closest portion of the Chinese mainland to Taiwan. It was clear the video was not from Monday, as it shows clear skies and calm seas, while the area is currently affected by wind and rain from the tropical storm Kompasu, passing south of the island.
Fujian is just 180 kilometers across the sea from Taiwan, an island which China considers part of its sovereign territory, but which has been ruled by nationalists who retreated there after losing the civil war to the Communists in 1949.
On Sunday, Taiwan held a military parade in celebration of National Day, showing off armored vehicles, combat jets and missiles. President Tsai Ing-wen also gave a speech, declaring that “Nobody can force Taiwan to take the path China has laid out for us.”
“The more we achieve, the greater the pressure we face from China,” Tsai said, adding that the island “will not act rashly,” but that “there should be absolutely no illusions that the Taiwanese people will bow to pressure.”
Her remarks came after Saturday’s speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who vowed that “the historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland must be fulfilled, and will definitely be fulfilled.” Xi also called Taiwanese “separatism” the “biggest obstacle to achieving the reunification of the motherland and the most serious hidden danger to national rejuvenation.”
https://www.rt.com/news/537190-china-landing-drills-taiwan/