==CHINESE DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CALIFORNIA

BY DANIEL H. ROSEN AND THILO

ANEMANN

October 2012==

Indeed, our recent report,An American Open Door?Maximizing the Benefits of Chinese Foreign Direct

Investment (published in 2011 by the Asia Society Center on U.S.–China Relations and the –Kissinger

Institute on China at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)–== estimated that by 2020,

some $1 trillion to $2 trillion of new investment capital will have fl owed out of China.== In other words,

the river of investment that once ran almost exclusively from West to East is now beginning to fl ow

in the other direction as well, from East to West.

As a follow-up to our last report, which looked generally at FDI fl ows from China to the United

States, we thought that it would make sense to look at the question through the lens of a specifi c

geographic region. Because California is not only the largest and arguably most iconic state in the

United States, but also a dynamic and varied economy with a historical relationship with China, we

thought that it was an obvious and logical choice. Again we chose to work with Daniel H. Rosen

and Th ilo Hanemann of Rhodium Group to help us illuminate the actual state of past fl ows of direct

investment into California and to suggest what future fl ows can be anticipated. Th e report also recommends how the state might interface more eff ectively with Chinese state-owned and private investors

to encourage further investment.

Toward that end, the Asia Society is pleased to off er this study. We do so in the hope that this eff ort

will be of some utility to the state of California as it goes about the process of encouraging more

Chinese investment.

We are also pleased to be working with California Governor Jerry Brown and other state offi cials in

the belief that the state’s economy can be invigorated by increased FDI from China and that, if we are

successful, something of a model for other states can be created as well.

Finally, it is worth noting that although eff orts to encourage mutually constructive kinds of Chinese

investment in California will most certainly help forge closer relations between the state and China,

we are also hopeful that in some modest way, they also will help cement better relations between

the United States and China. For, as fraught as this bilateral relationship can be, because so many global problems cannot be remedied without joint Sino–U.S. action, it has become an inescapably important one.

Read full article here

https://asiasociety.org/files/pdf/Asia_Society_China_CA_Investment_Report_FINAL.pdf

Khashoggi's sons forgive Saudi killers, sparing 5 execution

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The family of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi announced Friday they have forgiven his Saudi killers, giving legal reprieve to the five government agents who'd been sentenced to death for an operation that cast a cloud of suspicion over the kingdom's crown prince.

“We, the sons of the martyr Jamal Khashoggi, announce that we forgive those who killed our father as we seek reward from God Almighty,” wrote one of his sons, Salah Khashoggi, on Twitter.

Salah Khashoggi, who lives in Saudi Arabia and has received financial compensation from the royal court for his father's killing, explained that forgiveness was extended to the killers during the last nights of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in line with Islamic tradition to offer pardons in cases allowed by Islamic law.

The announcement was largely expected because the trial in Saudi Arabia left the door open for reprieve by ruling in December that the killing was not premeditated. That finding was in line with the government’s official explanation of Khashoggi's slaying that he was killed accidentally in a brawl by agents trying to forcibly return him to Saudi Arabia.

Prior to his killing, Khashoggi had written critically of Saudi Arabia's crown prince in columns for the Washington Post. He'd been living in exile in the United States for about a year as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman oversaw a crackdown in Saudi Arabia on human rights activists, writers and critics of his devastating war in Yemen.

In October 2017, a team of 15 Saudi agents was dispatched to Turkey to meet Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul for what he thought was an appointment to pick up documents needed to wed his Turkish fiance. The group included a forensic doctor, intelligence and security officers and individuals who worked for the crown prince’s office.

Turkish officials allege Khashoggi was killed and then dismembered with a bone saw. The body has not been found. Turkey, a rival of Saudi Arabia, apparently had the Saudi Consulate bugged and has shared audio of the killing with the CIA, among others.

The grisly killing, which took place as his Turkish fiance waited for him outside the building, drew international condemnation of Prince Mohammed.

The 34-year-old prince, who has the support of his father King Salman, denies any involvement. U.S. intelligence agencies, however, say an operation like this could not have happened without his knowledge and the Senate has blamed the crown prince for the murder.

After initially offering shifting accounts of what transpired, and under intense international and Turkish pressure, Saudi prosecutors eventually settled on the explanation that Khashoggi had been killed by Saudi agents in an operation masterminded by two of the crown prince’s top aides at the time. Neither was found guilty in trial, however.

In addition to the five who had been sentenced to execution, the Saudi trial concluded last year that three other people were found guilty of covering up the crime and were sentenced to a combined 24 years in prison. In all, 11 people were put on trial in Saudi Arabia for the killing.

Saudi media outlet Arab News sought to clarify Friday that the announcement made by Khashoggi’s sons may spare the convicted killers from execution, but does not mean they will go unpunished.

In an interview in September with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Prince Mohammed said he takes "full responsibility as a leader in Saudi Arabia.” But he insisted that he had no knowledge of the operation, saying he cannot keep close track of the country’s millions of employees.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/khashoggis-sons-forgive-saudi-killers-055322262.html

>>9275427

Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris drops $6.6 million on Laguna Beach home

R. Rex Parris has served as Lancaster mayor since 2008, but he’s diversifying his real estate portfolio elsewhere, paying $6.627 million for a coastal home in Laguna Beach, real estate records show.

Perched on a corner lot in Emerald Bay, the two-story home enjoys sweeping ocean views from window-lined living spaces and a pair of expansive terraces. Inside are four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms in 4,852 square feet.

https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-04-01/lancaster-mayor-r-rex-parris-drops-6-6-million-on-laguna-beach-home

China loves R. Rex Parris Lancaster CA Mayor

A California mayor hopes China will save his town from meth labs and neo-Nazis

“Good things happen when you’re able to increase your Asian population to a certain threshold: Crime rates go down, education levels go up,” Parris told me. “Interestingly, the same thing happens with the gays. That’s why I put the new performing arts center right downtown.”

He has enticed China’s biggest electric-vehicle manufacturer to set up a factory in Lancaster, and he wanted to enroll immigrant Chinese “parachute kids” at Lancaster schools. He tried to fund the cash-strapped local hospital by courting wealthy Chinese “birth tourists.” He’s in talks to build a 10-story statue of the Buddha as a tourist attraction.

While Donald Trump has accused China of “raping our country,” Parris, a Republican, believes deep integration with the People’s Republic will revitalize his town’s manufacturing and turn Lancaster into a world leader in green energy. China, he hopes, will Make Lancaster Great Again.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kpevv/a-california-mayor-hopes-china-will-save-his-town-from-meth-labs-and-neo-nazis

Financier George Soros warns coronavirus threatens EU's survival

Billionaire financier George Soros has warned that the coronavirus pandemic could threaten the survival of the European Union, if the bloc doesn’t issue perpetual bonds to support its weaker member states.

"If the EU is unable to consider it now, it may not be able to survive the challenges it currently confronts,” Soros said in a transcript of a question-and-answer session reported by Reuters. "This is not a theoretical possibility; it may be the tragic reality.”

Soros said he was especially concerned about Italy, saying: "What would be left of Europe without Italy? The relaxation of state aid rules, which favour Germany, has been particularly unfair to Italy, which was already the sick man of Europe and then the hardest hit by COVID-19.”

Soros added that the the EU needs to keep its AAA credit rating to issue the required amount debt, and therefore need to have the power to raise taxes to cover the cost of the bonds: "The taxes only have to be authorised; they don’t need to be implemented."

Italy was the first country in Europe to be brought low by the coronavirus pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University data as of 22 May, the country has had 228,000 confirmed cases of the virus, and 32,486 deaths from COVID-19.

Italy, Spain, and France have been vocal in demanding joint-debt issuance, in the form of so-called “corona bonds” by the EU to spur economic recovery from the pandemic. Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands have long been staunchly opposed to debt mutualisation across the eurozone.

However, this week German chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she and French president Emmanuel Macron would jointly back a €500bn (£447bn) recovery fund, a common-debt instrument that would allow aid to be issued to the worst-hit EU member states in the form of grants rather than loans.

The fund would need the backing of all member states, and Austria said it would not support the proposal in its current form.

“Our position is clear: we want to show solidarity with states that were hit particularly hard by the crisis but we believe that loans are the right way, not grants,” Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz told a newspaper.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/financier-george-soros-warns-coronavirus-puts-european-unions-survival-at-risk-101047012.html

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It appears that this shit is from OBAMA. It is HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER for the CDC "Guidelines" for Quarantines etc.

Executive Orders

Executive Orders specify the list of diseases for which federal quarantine is authorized, which is required by the Public Health Service Act. On recommendation of the HHS Secretary, the President may amend this list whenever necessary to add new communicable diseases, including emerging diseases that are a threat to public health.

Amendment to Executive Order 13295: Quarantinable Communicable Diseasesexternal icon

Federal Register Archives, signed April 4, 2003, amended by 13375 on April 1, 2005 and and by 13674 on July 31, 2014.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/08/06/2014-18682/revised-list-of-quarantinable-communicable-diseases

>>9276031

Forgot the Bread for the CDC guidelines

https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/specificlawsregulations.html

What did OBAMA KNOW and WHEN DID HE KNOW IT? Why amend this EO?

Executive Order 13674 of July 31, 2014

Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 264(b) of title 42, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Amendment to Executive Order 13295. Based upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Acting Surgeon General, and for the purposes set forth in section 1 of Executive Order 13295 of April 4, 2003, as amended by Executive Order 13375 of April 1, 2005, section 1 of Executive Order 13295 shall be further amended by replacing subsection (b) with the following:

“(b) Severe acute respiratory syndromes, which are diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infection, are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not properly controlled. This subsection does not apply to influenza.”

Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/specificlawsregulations.html

CDC Specific Laws and Regulations for Quarantines. Read it here

https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/specificlawsregulations.html

>>9276104

Sauce for EO.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/08/06/2014-18682/revised-list-of-quarantinable-communicable-diseases