A Washington, D.C.-based investment firm with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party , led and advised by former Obama-Biden officials, urged multiple CCP-linked companies to invest in the U.S. during a U.S. government-sponsored luncheon in 2015, calling it"good for American workers."
Chinese companies that attended the Harves Investment Group luncheon included Alibaba, Shandong Yuhuang Chemical, Hangzhou Wahaha Group, Wanda Group, and others, according to the group's press release, all of which have well-documented ties to the CCP. Locke, the current president of Bellevue College in Washington state, who campaigned for President Biden in 2020, said he had no knowledge of who was invited to the luncheon, and he had no say in the invitation process. He said he was invited to give the speech by Harves Investment Group President Rick Wade, who previously served in the Obama administration as Locke’s senior adviser at the Commerce Department and served as a"liaison to China private sector partners, U.S.
Locke told Fox News Digital in a Tuesday email that he"met Mr. Person a few times during my time with the federal government" and that he did"not know of his involvement with Harves." Doug Parker, chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines Group Inc., left, speaks to Rick Wade, vice president of strategic alliances and outreach at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Aviation Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 5, 2020.
In July 2015, Fran Person invited Hunter Biden to China for a week to meet Bo Zhang and his family, noting that Bo Zhang was being"groomed to take over his family's dynasty" in China.
Well, it's nice to know that Obama-Biden officials were looking out for the best interests of the American people. 🙄