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roaring defense of globaliza- tion, free trade, and economic openness and. liberalization. It was the first-ever speech by Chi- na’s head of state at Davos and, as commentators the world over noted with amazement and irony, as the United States under President Donald Trump was apparently retreating from
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023684 →nt. Following is the review of the meaningful events of 2017. a January: Xi began the year with a memo- rable speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, mounting a roaring defense of globaliza- tion, free trade, and economic openness and. liberalization. It was the first-ever speech by C
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023684 →d reform, especially its burgeoning blue-water navy with multiple aircraft carriers? August: China hosted the BRICS Sum- mit in Xiamen, East China’s Fujian prov- ince. The five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — have increasing influence on global econo- my and politics, bu
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023684 →istaken.” This same analyst sees the American media as complicit in echoing Chinese perspectives, noting that when Xi Jinping delivered his speech in Davos in January 2017, few reporters understood that the Chinese were in the midst of a major propaganda campaign to promote globalization 2.0. He also sug
2017, that representatives of local Chinese community associations based in the United States, Australia, the Philippines, and Europe had gathered in Fujian and received letters of appointment from local provincial and city United Front agencies in China to serve officially as “overseas propaganda agents”
eir business). Especially large enterprises (e.g., Siemens) have played along and created their own “BRI Task Forces.” Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser said in Davos in 2018 that the Belt and Road would become the “new WTO.” Similar to instances elsewhere, when the Daimler company used a quote from the Dalai Lama
l Overseas Chinese Affairs department secretary. In China, the America-China Enterprise Chamber of Commerce met a provincial United Front official in Fujian in September 2017; a US-based Zhejiang chamber was received in Hangzhou by a provincial CPPCC vice chair who manages Overseas Chinese work; and the l
Entities connected to both Davos and Fujian

Jeffrey Epstein
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Woody Allen
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Marc Rich
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Barack Obama
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Donald Trump
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Bill Clinton
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Prince Andrew
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United States
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George W. Bush
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Richard Kahn
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Samantha Power
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Seattle
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Bloomberg L.P.
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North Korea
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Department of Justice
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Henry Kissinger
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Xi Jinping
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