Epstein Secrets

ituency that can finance political campaigns, re- ward party supporters, and operate friendly media out-

cly for democratic political changes or made gestures toward the formation of opposition political parties. The most notable political prisoner is Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. However, conditions have grown far worse under President Xi Jinping

hau-chak-wing-identified-by-fbi-in-un-bribery-case-andrew-hastie-says/news-story/e062198el1d 3d7ec76b3a7a394c3b2543. 12 Simon Benson, “Crack Unit to Ward off Spy Attacks,” Australian (New South Wales), April 25, 2018 (subscription required), https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/ national-s

strongest critic of China’s human rights practices. It was Merkel’s government that won the release of Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Thus, it makes sense that the Chinese Communist Party has opted to plant a seed within the German business elite with the hope that in a post-Merkel

ituency that can finance political campaigns, re- ward party supporters, and operate friendly media out-

blicly for democratic political changes or made gestures toward the formation of opposition political parties. The most notable political prisoner is Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. However, conditions have grown far worse under President Xi Jinping, a