Updated: China's Canadian cousins

Bumped up

Update 2: Book

Book by Martin Booth: The Dragon Syndicates: The Global Phenomenon of the Triads (Paperback)

"Today there are approximately 60 million Chinese living outside China..." [. . . . ]

The first secret society to be recorded sprang up in Shandong province. [. . . . ]

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly [. . . . ] Booth's narrative details the dizzying array of their criminal actions including kidnapping, credit-card fraud, software piracy, international prostitution, illegal immigrant smuggling and Internet pornography as it explores the lives and crooked partnerships of such legendary Triad power brokers as the Green Gang's far-rightist Big-eared Du, and the 14K, which maximized the mid-century heroin market. Booth also documents the Triads' infiltration of the business and social mainstream and their current exploitation of the Hong Kong film industry. He deserves commendation for addressing this risky subject (these groups are not above murdering journalists) and for shredding the Triads' centuries-strong web of ritual and patriotism.

From Library Journal [. . . . ] the cast of bizarre characters, the often-gory details of Triad crimes, and the intersection of the criminal and political worlds make for fascinating reading. [. . . . ]

Networking



Update1: I have added a few more links below. NJC

CITIC, Maurice Strong: China's Canadian cousins By Judi McLeod & Brian McAdam, Saturday, October 22, 2005

[. . . . ] The founders of CITIC are Li Ka Shing and Henry Fok. Wang Jun, CITIC chair was caught up in the Chinagate scandal. He’s a business partner with another Chinagate player in a Macau casino under a franchise by Fok, Stanley Ho and other principals, including Cheng Yu Tung, a close partner of Li Ka Shing who bought the former Expo land in Vancouver back in 1986. [. . . . ]

Search:
Canadian powerbrokers are the biggest western players
Peoples Republic of China
Maurice Strong
$988,000 cheque
back in China tending business interests.
the communist regime’s most politically connected financial and industrial conglomerate
CITIC is a sort of Power Corp., Orient style.
44 subsidiaries and banks
Peoples Liberation Army
near the North Korean border
CITIC officials Chrétien met on his secret trip
Paul Martin
The nepotism inherent in China’s Canadian family tree
CITIC counts among its advisors
Canadian family tree ties
John Turner
Gordon Securities
Robert Fung
Fung’s sons
Li Ka Shing
Toronto Waterfront Commission
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
President of U-Peace in Costa Rica
Earth Council
owns most of the prime real estate on Toronto’s waterfront
$50,000 to Martin’s Liberal leadership campaign


Note:
FHTR = Frost Hits the Rhubarb
NJC = News Junkie Canada

Background sources: this is by no means a definitive list but the links give some information. These are related in that the names are mentioned:

Campaign Finance Key Player: Wang Jun July 24, 1997


Cheng Yu Tung

NJC Jan. 25, 05

NJC Mar. 1, 04 -- Other names are mentioned, as well.


Stanley Ho

FHTR June 24, 05

FHTR May 15, 05

It appears that intellnet [Search google] is now defunct and, strangely, Google appears not to have cached copies for the links mentioned above. Nevertheless, there are similar links to articles and information on Prime Time Crime . PTC mentions some of the above individuals and more.

RCMP profile of Stanley Ho

Prime Time Crime links to Asian triads and Sidewinder, Canadian Foundations, etc.

Prime Time Crime: More here and links -- Asian Triads, Robert Read, Brian McAdam, Cox Report, Sidewinder, etc.

Publications of the Center for Security Policy No. 00-D 67 , "Dennis Hastert's Unnecessary, Self-Inflicted Wound: An Inappropriate Choice for Speakers' National Security Advisor", 17 July 2000

Subheadings:

On Li Ka-Shing's Payroll -- (mentions "Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. which is, in turn, owned by Li Ka-Shing")

A Bill of Particulars

Ms. Fix-It

So who did Li Ka-Shing turn to in order to head off GOP efforts to reopen the bidding on the Panamanian ports in question and to limit other political fall-out -- especially efforts that might have interfered with the plans he and his friends in Beijing had to expand Hutchison/China's presence in the Bahamas and elsewhere in the hemisphere?

The Bottom Line


Oil-For-Food: The Canadian Connection

Asian triads and Sidewinder

Friends of Saddam

Canadian Foundations

It is interesting to note that the man named by Kofi Annan to investigate this shocking scandal, Paul Volker, is associated to Power Corp.'s International Advisory Council .pdf .

Considering the bank chosen by the UN to administer the funds was BNP Paribas, which is controlled by Power Corp., one wonders if Annan really does want to get to the bottom of the corrupt morass. - Leo - Jan. 18 International Advisory Council 2003

Check also www.InsightMag.com and www.FrontPageMag.com


Henry Fok

FHTR May 29, 05

NJC Mar. 1, 04

Li Ka Shing


FHTR July 30, 05 -- US & Unocal, Maybe You Should Investigate Further?

FHTR Aug. 21-27, 05 , two articles to check

* Updated: PetroKazakhstan, CP Ships, TUI, CNPC

* Updated: Election Pork $$$, Refugee Turks, China, Oil, PetroKaz, Methamphetamine Abuse, HIV Infection & Brain, Peace Mom

There may be more on that webpage.

FHTR Aug. 18, 05 Update 2 re: Whistleblowers, Sidewinder and Muzzling Whistleblowers

FHTR Dec. 12, 04

FHTR May 15, 05

NJC Feb. 25, 04

FHTR Jan. 22, 05

NJC Mar. 1, 04

There are probably more links but I have run out of time.

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