The national security interest and China

The Justice Department has announced charges against 13 people, including suspected Chinese intelligence officers, in three separate cases that involve various alleged plots to advance Chinese interests in the United States.

The prosecutions are the latest example of the Justice Department's efforts to combat what U.S. officials say is a relentless effort by Beijing to steal American secrets and technology, and to covertly push China's interests in the United States.

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Two of the cases were filed in federal court in the Eastern District of New York.

In one, two suspected Chinese spies are charged with trying to obstruct a federal investigation into a China-based global telecommunications company. The company is not named but the information in the charging document aligns with the Chinese tech giant Huawei, which was indicted in New York in 2019.

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In the other case in New York, seven Chinese nationals who were allegedly working on behalf of the Chinese government were indicted for taking part in an alleged years-long campaign of threats and harassment to force a U.S. resident to return to China. Two of the individuals are in U.S. custody.

  NPR

And how is Trump involved in any of this? Because I'm willing to bet he is. What I don't know is whether anything that was found among the stolen documents at Mar-A-Lago led to or bolstered these charges. 

Earlier reporting... 

Trump has a Chinese bank account, and suggest he has collected earnings from that country while serving as president.

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He spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company.

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Until [2019], China’s biggest state-controlled bank rented three floors in Trump Tower, a lucrative lease that drew accusations of a conflict of interest for the president.

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Trump has long sought a licensing deal in China. His efforts go at least as far back as 2006, when he filed trademark applications in Hong Kong and the mainland. Many Chinese government approvals came after he became president. (The president’s daughter Ivanka Trump also won Chinese trademark approvals for her personal business after she joined the White House staff.)

  NY Magazine

From the Steele Dossier:

And, remember Li Yang?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.