[Qin Peng Observation] BREAKING: Hunter Biden pleads guilty! The CCP plans to build a military base in Cuba! The Trump confidential documents case will start in court in August at the earliest
Today's focus: U.S. officials recently revealed that the CCP is building a military training base in Cuba and may station troops at the southern gate of the United States. Project 141, a larger overseas base plan surfaced. The two major cases in the United States have made significant progress. Hunter Biden, the son of the current President Biden, pleaded guilty! The Trump confidential documents case will start in August at the earliest.
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Project 141 surfaced as the CCP built a military base in Cuba
Current and former U.S. intelligence officials recently told the Wall Street Journal that CCP China and Cuba are negotiating to build a joint military base in northern Cuba. This could allow Chinese troops to be stationed 100 miles from the United States.
U.S. intelligence officials say the Biden-Harris administration is so nervous it is contacting Cuban officials to try to block the deal.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is visiting London, responded to the news and said that he had made it clear to Chinese diplomats that "we are deeply concerned about China's intelligence or military activities in Cuba."
"This is something we're going to be watching very, very closely, and we're very clear about it. We're going to protect our homes, we're going to protect our interests," Blinken added.
The Wall Street Journal exclusively reported on 8 June 2023 that CCP China and Cuba had reached an agreement in principle on building a new wiretapping site in Cuba; the White House later said the report was inaccurate. Two days later, White House declassified intelligence publicly confirmed that Chinese intelligence-gathering facilities had existed in Cuba since at least 2019.
U.S. officials said the new facility would allow China to permanently station troops on the Cuban island and expand its intelligence collection on the United States, including electronically intercepting emails, communications and flight information.
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CCP hopes to build at least five overseas military bases and ten logistics support bases by 2030
However, what worries the United States most is that this base is only part of the CCP’s overseas base project. On 26 April 2023, the "Washington Post" reported that the CCP hopes to build at least five overseas military bases and ten logistics support bases by 2030. This plan is called "Project 141" by the CCP military.
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Secret agreement between CCP and Cambodia to build a naval outpost
The plan, which includes a secret agreement between China and Cambodia to build a naval outpost, would allow China to send military personnel, store weapons, and park warships; it would greatly enhance China’s presence in the South China Sea, threaten U.S. allies in Southeast Asia, and expand China’s influence on the strategically important Strait of Malacca.
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Why CCP establishes a base in Djibouti
The 141 plan also includes Djibouti, the CCP’s first overseas military base. Djibouti is located on the east coast of Africa, from which the Red Sea leads eastward to the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, and northward to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. As we all know, the Suez Canal is the lifeline of international oil, but many people do not know that all ships passing through the Suez Canal must pass through Djibouti, and most of them will also be replenished at the port of Djibouti. In other words, whoever controls Djibouti controls the Suez Canal and holds the throat of this internationally important shipping waterway in his hands. This is why the CCP has established a base here.
In July 2017, the CCP officially sent troops to Djibouti.
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CCP's military base in the UAE exposed threatens the U.S.
A recent batch of leaked U.S. top-secret documents also revealed that the Chinese Communist Party appears to be building a military base in the UAE's al-Afriport.
In December 2021, the United States issued a warning to the UAE in this regard, and the UAE government subsequently announced the suspension of the construction activities. A year later, however, U.S. intelligence revealed that secret construction activities at the port were underway again, "may have been connected to the local municipal power and water system" and "completed the wall for the PLA logistics warehouse". The classified document, obtained by The Wall Street Journal, also warns that "PLA facilities" are a "major part" of China's plan to establish a military base in the UAE.
This poses a certain threat to US military operations in the Middle East. Because, one of the largest U.S. bases in the Middle East, Al Dhafra Air Force Base, is about 50 miles away.
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CCP is achieving strategic dominance without bloodshed in at least 60 countries
This is just part of a network of strategic commercial ports and terminals invested by the CCP around the world. As of 2021, the CCP has 7 of the world's top ten ports in its homeland, and has state-owned enterprises investing in, constructing, aiding, or leasing ports in at least 60 countries. Some of these locations are important enough to allow the CCP to achieve strategic dominance without a single soldier or bloodshed. Not only does it allow the CCP to exert political influence in the country where the port is located, but it can even exert political influence on neighbouring countries.
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Greek port acquired by COSCO Group, CCP aims purchase of Hamburg
For example, the Greek port of Piraeus, which is located in the Aegean Sea known as the "crossroads of the sea", was acquired by the Chinese ocean shipping company COSCO Group as early as 2016. The CCP also tried to get its hands on the Port of Hamburg, Germany's largest port, but in May this year, the German government announced a review of this.
In 2019, when Xi Jinping visited the port of Piraeus in Greece, Qiushi, a publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, pointed out that "in Xi Jinping's heart, the port has always held a heavy weight" because commercial ports are considered to have dual uses for military and civilian purposes.
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CCP's actions in Cuba "a geographic response to U.S. relations with Taiwan"
Some U.S. intelligence officials say China sees its actions in Cuba as a geographic response to U.S. relations with Taiwan: The U.S. is investing heavily in arming Taiwan and has deployed more than 100 troops there to help with military training.
However, from the 141 project of the CCP’s overseas bases I just described, you can clearly see that the CCP’s ambitions are not limited to political revenge on the Taiwan issue, but to occupy the world in the future.
A White House official said Monday that Chinese authorities "will continue to work to strengthen their presence in Cuba, and we will continue to work to undermine it."
So, what happens next?
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Biden's son pleads guilty, Trump case could start as early as August
On Tuesday (20 June 2023), there was also an explosive news in the United States. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges that could land him in prison early in Biden's re-election campaign and avoid potential The prosecution of the political explosion.
This is the first time the Justice Department has brought charges against the children of a sitting president.
In a letter filed in federal court in the state, Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss noted that Hunter also reached a settlement on another felony charge.
The so-called tax misdemeanor refers to Hunter's tax evasion. He made more than $1.5 million in annual income in both 2017 and 2018, but paid no taxes, and owes more than $100,000 in taxes each year.
The firearms charges are far more serious, with him possessing a revolver in October 2018, while being banned from owning firearms due to his drug addiction. Under U.S. law, this is a felony charge that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. For the two misdemeanor tax offenses, he only needs to spend up to 12 months in prison.
Prosecutors' investigation of Hunter Biden began in 2018, first looking into his foreign business dealings, but in recent years has focused on his taxes and his false claims on gun purchase forms that he was on drugs. In Hunter's 2021 memoir, "Beautiful Things," he detailed his long-term addiction and said that for a period in 2018, he snorted cocaine "every 15 minutes."
The Justice Department will recommend probation on the tax charges, meaning Hunter Biden would face no jail time, two people familiar with the investigation said. Meanwhile, the charge will be dropped as long as he complies with conditions set by prosecutors, such as not committing a crime within a certain period of time.
Hunter Biden's attorney, Christopher Clark, said in a statement that, to his knowledge, the five-year investigation has now been resolved.
The Justice Department said in a statement that Biden "each carries a penalty of up to 12 months in prison for the tax charge and 10 years for the gun charge," but noted that "federal crimes typically carry penalties below the maximum sentence." A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering U.S. sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors."
The judge will schedule an arraignment date in the coming weeks. Hunter Biden is expected to turn himself in to Delaware authorities and then be handled by the local U.S. Marshals.
However, we all know that Hunter Biden’s biggest problem is his participation in a corrupt plan with the CCP and the Ukrainian government. On May 10, U.S. time, Comer, chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee, announced that the investigation report showed that Biden’s family received at least US$10 million from abroad during his tenure as vice president and after he left office.
The investigation report stated that the money came from foreign companies and individuals, some of which came from a Chinese company and flowed into Hunter's company. At least nine of Biden's family members were involved. It also pointed out that the network of shell companies is evidence of money laundering and power peddling, and that the president's family has traded in Biden's name.
So, predictably, Republicans lashed out at the latest developments in the Hunter case.
Former U.S. President Trump wrote on the truth social media Truth social: "The corrupt Biden Department of Justice just issued a 'traffic ticket' to Hunter Biden and exempted him for hundreds of years criminal liability. Our system is broken!"
"It's a disgrace to the system, it's a disgrace to America, it's a deeply unfair situation, it's prosecutorial misconduct, it's election interference — all rolled into one," he told Fox News.
If one of his sons had been under investigation, Trump said, "it would be a different world" and could face "hundreds of years" in prison.
Earlier in the post, Trump predicted that prosecutors would "hit Hunter with little things to make it look 'fair' for them to hit me."
House Speaker McCarthy also said Hunter's plea deal was a "sweetheart deal" that "continues to demonstrate that there are two justice systems in the United States."
McCarthy said the House Oversight Committee will continue its investigation. Currently, the committee is investigating information obtained through the FBI whistleblower form. The report alleges that the Bidens each received $5 million in bribes from an executive at the Ukrainian energy giant Burisma.
Meanwhile, Florida federal judge Aileen Cannon (Aileen Cannon) announced that Trump's criminal trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents has been set for August 14. She gave attorneys for both parties until July 24 to file any pretrial motions.
The "Washington Post" believes that this shows that Cannon does not want Trump's trial process to be delayed. But in announcing the indictment, Jack Smith, the special prosecutor in charge of the Justice Department case, said he would push for an expedited trial. It is generally believed that allowing the case to proceed as soon as possible will make Trump overwhelmed and unable to fully prepare for the upcoming 2024 election.
At present, this case may be carried out together with the case of the Southern District of Manhattan, along with the 2024 primary election and the presidential election.
I have analyzed before that Trump’s hush money case in the South Side of Manhattan is a ridiculous hollow hamburger case. The 34 charges are all about Trump ordering lawyers to charge the hush money to the legal fee item, but this kind of treatment It is more common in the United States and does not imply guilt. Therefore, there will be no harm to Trump's election. On the contrary, the prosecution has greatly increased Trump's support.
In contrast, the Trump Confidential Documents case is much more complicated and involves four major issues: fact finding, applicable law, comparison with the Clinton and other cases, and the interpretation of certain legal provisions may be different. On the whole, Trump is a president who has access to all the super secrets of the state. Prosecutors compare the documents he holds with the "Espionage Act" applicable to ordinary people or delayed until after the 2024 general election.
On the whole, I think this kind of double-standard judicial trial will backfire and help Trump gain more support from moderates who yearn for "law and order" in the United States, and ultimately allow him to win the 2024 election.
However, in any case, since the 2016 election, along the way, the Trump family has endured unimaginable and unbearable pain. He also admitted Monday night that if he wins in 2024, none of Ivanka, Trump Jr. or Eric will return to the White House.
