Epstein Secrets

n company, in 2016 and is said to be inter- ested in gaining control of a major Hollywood studio. American lawmakers were sufficiently disturbed by Wanda's initiatives to request a Justice Department in- vestigation. There is concern that China's companies, with state encouragement, are pursuing influ

h its rapid incursions into the U.S. film industry. Already the world's largest owner of cinemas, including the second-largest U.S. theater chain, Wanda purchased Legendary Entertainment, a production company, in 2016 and is said to be inter- ested in gaining control of a major Hollywood studio. Ame

Firewall in Push for Internet Control; Wail Street Journal, December 16, 2015. china4outsas-ereat-firewall4n-push-forintemet-control-1450251090. 16. Tom Phillips, 'China Xi Jinping Says Internet Users Must Be Free to Speak Their Minds "Guardian December 16, 2015, hflwrif 17. 'Xi Jinping Visits Flagship State

e company whose principals are US citizens, was the source of the money that funded a local ballot initiative in California that would have blocked a Wanda competitor from expanding. Wanda acknowledged that the money for the measure had come from Lakeshore, with which Wanda does business, in the form of

accounting for $2 million, followed by technology company ZTE ($510k), Sinopec ($384k),?> and the Wanda America Group ($300k), affiliated with Dalian Wanda.” More difficult to track is Chinese corporate participation in American trade associations. In early 2018, two Chinese companies have joined two maj

ng Kong Visit,” Financial Times (UK), November 30, 2014, accessed October 11, 2018, https://www.ft.com/content/08919562-78ba-11e4-b518-00144feabdco; Tom Phillips and Benjamin Haas, “British Conservative Party Activist Barred from Entering Hong Kong,” Guardian (UK), October 11, 2017, accessed October 11, 2018,

with its rapid incursions into the U.S. film industry. Already the world’s largest owner of cinemas, including the second-largest U.S. theater chain, Wanda purchased Legendary Entertainment, a production company, in 2016 and is said to be inter- ested in gaining control of a major Hollywood studio. Ameri

l,” Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2015, http:/Awww.wsj.com/articles/ china-touts-its-great-firewall-in-push-for-internet-control-1450251090. 16. Tom Phillips, “China's Xi Jinping Says Internet Users Must Be Free to Speak Their Minds,” Guardian, December 16, 2015, https:// www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec