US State Dept: The Chinese Communist Party poses a real threat. The CCP’s threat to American national security extends into our financial markets and impacts U.S. investors.

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The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) threat to American national security extends into our financial markets and impacts American investors.  Many major stock and bond indices developed by index providers like MSCI and FTSE include malign People’s Republic of China (PRC) companies that are listed on the Department of Commerce’s Entity List and/or the Department of Defense’s List of “Communist Chinese military companies” (CCMCs). The money flowing into these index funds – often passively, from U.S. retail investors – supports Chinese companies involved in both civilian and military production.  Some of these companies produce technologies for the surveillance of civilians and repression of human rights, as is the case with Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang, China, as well as in other repressive regimes, such as Iran and Venezuela.

As of December 2020, at least 24 of the 35 parent-level CCMCs had affiliates’ securities included on a major securities index.  This includes at least 71 distinct affiliate-level securities issuers.  There are also at least 13 PRC firms on the Entity List whose parent company or affiliates are included in the MSCI or FTSE stock indices.  The MSCI emerging market index includes 230 Chinese A-shares stocks incorporated on the Mainland, quoted in renminbi, and listed on Chinese Communist Party-controlled Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. 

Investments Financing Communist Chinese Military Companies Pose National Security Risk to the United States

“Some of the Chinese companies [on MSCI Index] present significant national security and humanitarian concerns for the United States, which increases the risk that they could be subject to sanctions, public protests, trade restrictions, boycotts, and other punitive measures that jeopardize their business and profitability… for example, military contractors that provide military aircraft and telecommunications support to the People’s Liberation Army.  The list also includes companies that manufacture surveillance equipment that China uses to oppress religious minorities as well as one company indicted for engaging in economic activity with Iran and North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions law.”

The rhetoric from the US State Dept and folks like Pompeo is heating up significantly.

We are likely in the midst of the greatest cyber-security compromise in US history.

If you don’t realize war is a very real possibility right now, you aren’t paying attention.

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MIKE POMPEO JUST PUT CHINA ON NOTICE!!!
NOW IS A VERY GOOD TIME TO SHORT EVERYTHING CHINESE. MASSIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST CHINA ARE COMING. THE CHINESE ECONOMY IS ABOUT TO GET DESTROYED. CHINA IS ABOUT TO BE PROVEN AS A COUNTRY THAT HAS COMMITTED AGGRESSION AGAINST THE USA. SELL SELL SELL ALL OF YOUR CHINESE ASSETS!!!

 

h/t axolotl_peyotl

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