Japan Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from a Chinese company
Tokyo district public procurator’s office special investigation has arrested Tsukasa Akimoto, LDP lawmaker, on suspicions of taking bribes from a Chinese company that intends to invest in an Integrated Resort (IR) project including a casino. Akimoto is suspected of receiving millions yen illegally.
Another lawmaker is arrested after Tomohiro Ishikawa was arrested in January 2010 because of political funding scandal. The special investigation will thoroughly investigate the violation with all related projects. The IR projects are the key in the tourism promotion and it may also be affected.
Akimoto was the advocator of IR projects. He was in charge of such projects as stated minister from August 2017 to October 2018. In the meantime, he was the Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and was in charge of tourism policy. Akimoto said he never accepted any requests from the company or gave any companies special treatment. He also denied receiving any money.
The Chinese company runs online gambling business and its headquarter is in Shenzhen, China. They established a Tokyo office in July 2017 and showed their interest to the IR projects in the Rusutsu Village in Hokkaido.
Akimoto attended the seminar for IR projects held by the Chinese company in Nahashi, Okinawa and was a seminar speaker in August 2017. He also met the top executive of the Chinese company in Shenzhen, China in December 2017.
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1. The Stand News (25-Dec)
https://bit.ly/2MGXgHd
2.Japan Times (25-Dec)
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/25/national/crime-legal/ldp-tsukasa-akimoto-bribe-taking/#.XgO767CIY0M
Tokyo district public procurator’s office special investigation has arrested Tsukasa Akimoto, LDP lawmaker, on suspicions of taking bribes from a Chinese company that intends to invest in an Integrated Resort (IR) project including a casino. Akimoto is suspected of receiving millions yen illegally.
Another lawmaker is arrested after Tomohiro Ishikawa was arrested in January 2010 because of political funding scandal. The special investigation will thoroughly investigate the violation with all related projects. The IR projects are the key in the tourism promotion and it may also be affected.
Akimoto was the advocator of IR projects. He was in charge of such projects as stated minister from August 2017 to October 2018. In the meantime, he was the Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and was in charge of tourism policy. Akimoto said he never accepted any requests from the company or gave any companies special treatment. He also denied receiving any money.
The Chinese company runs online gambling business and its headquarter is in Shenzhen, China. They established a Tokyo office in July 2017 and showed their interest to the IR projects in the Rusutsu Village in Hokkaido.
Akimoto attended the seminar for IR projects held by the Chinese company in Nahashi, Okinawa and was a seminar speaker in August 2017. He also met the top executive of the Chinese company in Shenzhen, China in December 2017.
#ChinaInfluence #ChinaInfiltration
1. The Stand News (25-Dec)
https://bit.ly/2MGXgHd
2.Japan Times (25-Dec)
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/25/national/crime-legal/ldp-tsukasa-akimoto-bribe-taking/#.XgO767CIY0M
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日本共同社報道，以很有可能涉嫌從對包括賭場在內的綜合度假區（IR）項目感興趣的中國企業方面，非法收取數百萬日元...
State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
WSJ reviewed how Huawei had access to $75 bn in state support as it grew from a little-known vendor of phone switches to the world's largest telecom-equipment company. It is vying to build next-generation 5G telecom networks around the world.
The largest portion of assistance, $46 bn, comes from loans, credit lines and other assistance from state lenders. The company saved $25 bn in taxes between 2008 and 2018 due to state incentives for the tech sector promotion. Among other assistance, it enjoyed $1.6 bn in grants and $2 bn in land discounts.
Since China's assistance for Huawei, including tax waivers that began 25 years ago, is among a number of factors stoking questions about Huawei's relationship with the state, the U.S. has raised concerns that use of Huawei's equipment could pose a security risk.
In 2009, the Chinese offered a loan with a condition to support a surveillance system project in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. It was a 20-year loan ($124.7 m) with a waiver of 3% annual interest. But, Pakistan could choose only Huawei. Pakistan's government decided to proceed without competitive bidding. In 2016, the Chinese embassy officiated this project inauguration and said the Chinese government funded it and Huawei built it.
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Source: WSJ (26-Dec)
https://on.wsj.com/2QtHoIP
WSJ reviewed how Huawei had access to $75 bn in state support as it grew from a little-known vendor of phone switches to the world's largest telecom-equipment company. It is vying to build next-generation 5G telecom networks around the world.
The largest portion of assistance, $46 bn, comes from loans, credit lines and other assistance from state lenders. The company saved $25 bn in taxes between 2008 and 2018 due to state incentives for the tech sector promotion. Among other assistance, it enjoyed $1.6 bn in grants and $2 bn in land discounts.
Since China's assistance for Huawei, including tax waivers that began 25 years ago, is among a number of factors stoking questions about Huawei's relationship with the state, the U.S. has raised concerns that use of Huawei's equipment could pose a security risk.
In 2009, the Chinese offered a loan with a condition to support a surveillance system project in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. It was a 20-year loan ($124.7 m) with a waiver of 3% annual interest. But, Pakistan could choose only Huawei. Pakistan's government decided to proceed without competitive bidding. In 2016, the Chinese embassy officiated this project inauguration and said the Chinese government funded it and Huawei built it.
#ChinaInfluence #ChinaInfiltration #Huawei
Source: WSJ (26-Dec)
https://on.wsj.com/2QtHoIP
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WSJ News Exclusive | State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
Tens of billions of dollars in financial assistance from the Chinese government helped propel Huawei to the top of global telecommunications, a scale of support that dwarfed what its tech rivals got from their governments.
Chinese Migrants Filling Up Hong Kong's Population
#OpinionArticle
【Keep the Island, Not Its People - #Genocide of Hong Kong】
The 150 daily one-way permit is not the most effective operation: the “admission schemes for talents and professionals,'' which admits over 20,000 mainlanders each year, are the core blood-changing operation to infiltrate the Hong Kong’s elite class.
Initially, Hongkongers were most suited for these positions. In other places, such admission are only possible if there were a lack of skilled local citizens capable of the job. In order to maintain a healthy ecosystem, affirmative actions are essential to avoid introducing a homogenous group of talents and professionals, such that the situation in Hong Kong will not occur - that is, 90% of the talents and professionals are coming from the same place.
From 2013-2017, the number of new-born babies in Hong Kong averaged at around 59,000 each year. Meanwhile, in the past year, there were over 23,000 mainland residents who were permitted to work in Hong Kong through admission schemes for talent and professionals. They made their way into core industries, such as banking and financing in Hong Kong. From the statistics of the past five years, the figures show that it has reached 100,000. 10 years ago, in 2009, 6,514 mainland residents were granted admission to Hong Kong under the Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and Professionals, and the figure doubled to 13,768 in 2018. For those being granted entry to Hong Kong under the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates (IANG), the figure has tripled from fewer than 3,000 a decade ago to over 9,000.
At this rate, 10 years later, more than 50,000 mainland residents will be approved to work in Hong Kong each year. This is equivalent to the annual figure of new-born babies in Hong Kong. The numbers show that even if Central (core financial industries and business sector) refuses to employ next-generation locals, there will be enough mainland immigrants to fill the job vacancies. If we categorize the “talents and professionals” by their employment sectors, those who are in the financial services and business sector take up the most significant proportion. In the IANG last year, more than half of the successful mainland residents work at financial-related industries. More than half of them have monthly take home salary of over $20,000.//
#ChinaInfiltration #China
(Source: Apple Daily 04-Dec) https://hk.finance.appledaily.com/finance/realtime/article/20191204/60339090)
#OpinionArticle
【Keep the Island, Not Its People - #Genocide of Hong Kong】
The 150 daily one-way permit is not the most effective operation: the “admission schemes for talents and professionals,'' which admits over 20,000 mainlanders each year, are the core blood-changing operation to infiltrate the Hong Kong’s elite class.
Initially, Hongkongers were most suited for these positions. In other places, such admission are only possible if there were a lack of skilled local citizens capable of the job. In order to maintain a healthy ecosystem, affirmative actions are essential to avoid introducing a homogenous group of talents and professionals, such that the situation in Hong Kong will not occur - that is, 90% of the talents and professionals are coming from the same place.
From 2013-2017, the number of new-born babies in Hong Kong averaged at around 59,000 each year. Meanwhile, in the past year, there were over 23,000 mainland residents who were permitted to work in Hong Kong through admission schemes for talent and professionals. They made their way into core industries, such as banking and financing in Hong Kong. From the statistics of the past five years, the figures show that it has reached 100,000. 10 years ago, in 2009, 6,514 mainland residents were granted admission to Hong Kong under the Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and Professionals, and the figure doubled to 13,768 in 2018. For those being granted entry to Hong Kong under the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates (IANG), the figure has tripled from fewer than 3,000 a decade ago to over 9,000.
At this rate, 10 years later, more than 50,000 mainland residents will be approved to work in Hong Kong each year. This is equivalent to the annual figure of new-born babies in Hong Kong. The numbers show that even if Central (core financial industries and business sector) refuses to employ next-generation locals, there will be enough mainland immigrants to fill the job vacancies. If we categorize the “talents and professionals” by their employment sectors, those who are in the financial services and business sector take up the most significant proportion. In the IANG last year, more than half of the successful mainland residents work at financial-related industries. More than half of them have monthly take home salary of over $20,000.//
#ChinaInfiltration #China
(Source: Apple Daily 04-Dec) https://hk.finance.appledaily.com/finance/realtime/article/20191204/60339090)