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Several of the largest defense contractors in the U.S. have extensive ties to the government of China and the Communist Chinese Party.
Raytheon, Bell Flight, and Boeing — three of the nation’s most prolific defense contractors — continue to maintain close relationships with firms that conduct business with the Chinese government. Fox News reported that Lockheed Martin has business interests in China.
Issac Stone Fish, the CEO and founder of Strategy Risks, a China risk consultancy company, warned that these defense contractors’ relationships with the Chinese government present severe risks for the U.S.
Fish said, “Doing a relatively significant amount of business in China changes the risk profile now more than ever for any U.S. company, whether for compliance, cyber, reputation, security or other risks.”
“Those risks are particularly critical for companies that safeguard U.S. national defense and security," he continued. "U.S. defense contractors need to better understand their risk exposure to China and the Chinese Communist Party, so they can reduce their China risks to better serve the needs of the U.S. military and national security."
Two of Raytheon’s subsidiary companies, Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and Collins Aerospace Systems, have ties to the Chinese military, the People’s Liberation Army.
P&W is a prominent player in the Chinese market and maintains offices in Shanghai and Beijing. P&W also reportedly powers two-fifths of China’s civilian helicopters with its engine technology. The company also manufactures engines for the Chinese state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, which is intimately tied to the People’s Liberation Army.
P&W also has joint ventures with Chinese companies including China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) and Xi’an Aircraft.
AVIC is a conglomerate owned by the Chinese government and is tied to the People’s Liberation Army. It was previously placed on the Treasury Department’s Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List and the Commerce Department’s Entity List.
Collins Aerospace Systems, Raytheon’s other subsidiary in China, has more than 15 locations and nine joint ventures in the Chinese mainland.
The company’s website said, “For close to 40 years, Collins Aerospace has been demonstrating our commitment to China. Our growing presence in China has been made possible by our company’s significant investments in the country as well as strong corporate and personal relationships that have been formed over the last three decades.”
Bell Trexton, another contractor that produces military-grade aircraft, has a whole page on its website dedicated to its “China Service Center.”
Bell’s website says, “Zhenjiang Bell Textron Aviation Services Center offers comprehensive maintenance, repair and overhaul services to our customers in the Greater China region, including Macao, Hong Kong, and Mongolia. Our in-country product and customer support engineers will ensure your aircraft is ready and operational at all times.”
Viral video captures the moment Chinese authorities physically drag away reporter during Olympics live shot
A Dutch reporter was physically manhandled and forced off the air during a live shot as he covered the Beijing Olympics.
What are the details?
Sjoerd den Daas, the Greater China/East Asia correspondent for Dutch public broadcaster NOS, was pulled off camera by Chinese guards as he reported live on Friday from the Beijing Olympics.
Video captured the moment Chinese guards dragged away den Daas — who was standing in front of the National Stadium — and blocked the camera.
"We are now being pulled out of here," den Daas said while still on camera. "We have just been expelled from another area, so I'm afraid we'll have to come back to you later."
“Our correspondent @sjoerddendaas was pulled away from the camera by security guards at 12:00 pm live in the NOS Journaal," NOS tweeted Friday, shortly after the video began gaining traction. "Unfortunately, this is increasingly becoming a daily reality for journalists in China. He is fine and was able to finish his story a few minutes later.”
The Daily Mail reported Friday, “The interruption came from a man wearing a black jacket and a red band around the sleeve which appears to distinguish him a ‘Public Security Volunteer,’ a citizen-led neighborhood watch established to help police maintain order.”
The opening ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Olympics is under way.
The original video has been viewed more than 200,000 times at the time of this reporting.
Onze correspondent @sjoerddendaas werd om 12.00u live in het NOS Journaal door beveiligers voor de camera weggetrokken. Helaas is dit steeds vaker de dagelijkse realiteit voor journalisten in China. Hij is in orde en kon zijn verhaal gelukkig een paar minuten later afmakenpic.twitter.com/GLTZRlZV96— NOS (@NOS) 1643978080
What else?
NOS editor in chief Marcel Gelauff said that the incident is a blatantly "painful illustration" of how foreign press is treated in the communist state.
"Sjoerd has often told and shown that it is difficult as a journalist in China," he told Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, according to a report from Insider. "There is a far-reaching tendency to curtail freedoms, and this may be even stronger because of [COVID-19]," said Gelauff.
"I haven't spoken to Sjoerd yet, but from what I saw on the images I didn't get the idea that he was in the way," Dabbled added.
The 2022 Olympics kicked off on Friday despite ongoing outrage over the genocide and crimes against humanity taking place in Xinjiang.
Tennis star missing since making sexual assault allegations against high-ranking Chinese official — and now UN wants to know her whereabouts
The United Nations on Friday said it wants proof of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's whereabouts amid growing concern for her well-being after she made sexual assault allegations against a former vice premier and went missing soon after, CBS News reported.
What are the details?
The U.N. Human Rights Office also called for a fully transparent investigation into Peng's claims against Zhang Gaoli, the network added.
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Peng, 35, a former Wimbledon and French Open doubles champion, alleged on the Chinese social media site Weibo earlier this month that former vice-premier Zhang had "forced" her into sex during a long-term on-off relationship.
The claims were quickly scrubbed from the Twitter-like platform and she has not been seen since, drawing mounting concern over her well-being. [...]
China's central government has refused to even acknowledge any concern for Peng, with a Foreign Ministry spokesman sticking to Beijing's line on Friday that his agency, at least, wasn't aware of the controversy.
Zhao Lijian told reporters the matter was "not a diplomatic question, and I'm not aware of the situation."
Tennis stars speak up
The network said tennis stars Naomi Osaka, Novak Djokovic, and others also have issued demands to China with the social media hashtag #WhereisPengShuai.
And here's what Serena Williams had to say:
I am devastated and shocked to hear about the news of my peer, Peng Shuai. I hope she is safe and found as soon as possible. This must be investigated and we must not stay silent. Sending love to her and her family during this incredibly difficult time. #whereispengshuaipic.twitter.com/GZG3zLTSC6— Serena Williams (@Serena Williams) 1637262000
An ominous email
China's state-controlled media on Wednesday published an email purportedly from Peng to global Women's Tennis Association head Steve Simon stating her sexual assault allegations weren't true and that she's "not missing" or "unsafe," the network reported.
"The news in that release, including the allegation of sexual assault is not true," the message said, according to CBS News. "I'm not missing, nor am I unsafe. I've just been resting at home, and everything is fine."
Simon wasn't buying it, particularly because the message was conveyed by Chinese state media — and, in fact, it caused him more concern for Peng, the network reported.
"I have a hard time believing that Peng Shuai actually wrote the email we received or believes what is being attributed to her," Simon noted, according to CBS News. "Peng Shuai displayed incredible courage in describing an allegation of sexual assault against a former top official in the Chinese government. The WTA and the rest of the world need independent and verifiable proof that she is safe. I have repeatedly tried to reach her via numerous forms of communication, to no avail."
The network added that Simon told CNN on Thursday that the WTA is "definitely willing to pull our business" out of China if its officials don't account for Peng's whereabouts and investigate her allegation of a sexual assault.
"This is bigger than the business," Simon added to CNN, according to CBS News. "Women need to be respected and not censored."
More from CBS News:
The WTA, in a deal reached with China several years ago, agreed to hold the WTA Finals in the country from 2019 through 2028. Simon said in 2018 that China had promised to invest about $1 billion in women's tennis, including for the construction of an all-new stadium, as part of the agreement.
In his interview with CNN, Simon acknowledged the magnitude of his threat to walk away from that agreement, and said the WTA was prepared to "deal with all the complications that come with it."
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