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Zero Hedge: Bannon Held Secret Meeting With China's Second Most Powerful Man
Shortly after Steve Bannon visited Hong Kong last week to give a closed-door speech at a big investor conference hosted by CLSA, a Chinese state-owned brokerage and investment group, Trump's former strategist flew to Beijing for a "secret meeting with the second most powerful Chinese Communist party official", less than a month after the former chief White House strategist declared that America was at “economic war with China”, the FT has reported.
The meeting occurred at Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound, where Bannon meet with Wang Qishan, the head of the Chinese Communist party’s anti-corruption campaign.
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WNU Editor: A day after I had called China's Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Qishan the second most powerful man in China .... Is This China's Second Most Powerful Person? (September 21, 2017) .... both Zero Hedge and the Financial Times are now calling Wang Qishan the second most powerful man in China. The Financial Times even repeated my analysis that Wang Qishan will remain in his position for the next year or two.
Hmmmm .... I guess they read this blog. :)
The Financial Times article is here .... Steve Bannon held secret meeting in China (Financial)
Update: Now everyone else has jumped on the band-wagon with a focus on how important Wang Qishan is to Chinese President Xi ....
Bannon met with Communist Party official in Beijing: report -- The Hill
Secret meeting with Steve Bannon in Beijing adds to speculation over Wang Qishan's future -- South China Morning Post
Stephen Bannon secretly met with a powerful Chinese Communist Party leader in Beijing -- The Week Magazine
Steve Bannon held secret meeting with a senior Chinese Communist party official: Report -- Washington Examiner
Steve Bannon held secret meeting with Wang Qishan: report -- Asia Times
Update #2: This report is accurate .... China's anti-graft czar aims to retire at party congress (Nikkei Asian Review), but I have been told that President Xi has asked him to stay on for a year or two.We shall see .... but in my world when your President or Prime Minister asks you to serve .... you do not say no.
6 comments:
I worry for you wnu... With great power comes great responsibility.
"A day after I had called China's Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Qishan the second most powerful man in China ...."
I had to re-read that statement a couple of times... for a moment I thought you were saying you had called China's second most powerful man, as in having phoned him.
Was gonna say you're going up in the world...
NK is surrounded.
Anon,
I do know that I have a few hundred journalists/pundits/people in government/foreign policy experts/etc. who read this blog. They also email me quite often. But I will admit .... I was surprised by the Financial Times .... and then Zero Hedge. And yes .... I do worry. But that will not stop me from writing what I know, or what people tell me. But I keep everything confidential .... after-all .... we do live in a very difficult time right now.
D. Plowman
China and I go back 35 years, and I was there when no one cared a shit about the country. Let us just say that I know a few people.
D. Plowman.
Calling him directly .... LOL .... no I do not have that type of pull. But like I said .... I do know a few people, and I have always had a good idea on what is happening there.
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