{"id":3686,"date":"2023-03-29T12:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:56:09","slug":"china-raids-us-corporate-due-diligence-firm-in-beijing-retaliation-or-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/china-raids-us-corporate-due-diligence-firm-in-beijing-retaliation-or-crackdown\/paul-crespo\/2023\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"China Raids US Corporate Due Diligence Firm in Beijing \u2013 Retaliation or Crackdown?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 The communist regime in China raided a private U.S. investigations company\u2019s office in Beijing on March 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brazen, and likely unlawful, act against the New York-based due diligence firm, the Mintz Group, follows the FBI raid last fall of an illegal Chinese overseas \u2018police station\u2019 in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And some see it as a heavy-handed, and non-symmetrical retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the raid in Beijing is also likely tied to Chinese leader Xi Jinping\u2019s draconian security crackdown on the information inside China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRed alerts should be going off in all boardrooms right now about risks in China,\u201d\u00a0said <\/a>one source in the New York Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same U.S. business person also said that the Mintz Group raid sent a \u201cremarkable signal\u201d that Beijing will suck up foreign money and technology but won\u2019t accept credible U.S. firms conducting research and investigations on Chinese partners or the country\u2019s business environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters reported<\/a> that the company confirmed that \u201cChinese authorities have detained the five staff in Mintz Group\u2019s Beijing office, all of them Chinese nationals, and have closed our operations there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The detained employees are reportedly being held somewhere outside Beijing. The company has not been able to contact the employees since they were detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the official police status of the Chinese outposts raided in NYC, the Mintz Group is a purely private company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The firm describes itself as \u201ca corporate investigations firm that gathers information before hiring, before transactions, during litigation disputes and after frauds, all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to<\/a> its website, the company has over 450 investigators in 18 offices worldwide, but its Beijing office is the only one in mainland China. It has a second office in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also does background checks, asset tracing, and fraud and corruption investigations for businesses planning acquisitions or other large investments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This corporate mission will likely be used by Chinese authorities to accuse the company of being spies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it wouldn\u2019t be the first time western due diligence companies have gotten into trouble with Chinese authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

British corporate investigator Peter Humphrey and his American wife Yu Yingzeng, who ran a risk advisory firm, ChinaWhys, were detained in 2013 for work they did for a giant British pharmaceutical firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They spent two years in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is an added twist to this latest raid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there may not be a direct link, the New York Post reported<\/a> that: \u201cRandal Phillips, a partner at the firm [Mintz Group] who heads its Asia operations but is based outside of China, is listed on its website as the Central Intelligence Agency\u2019s former chief representative in China. Phillips worked in Beijing for years after leaving the CIA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though the raid can be seen as a response to the FBI raid against Beijing\u2019s illegal NYC police outpost, one of 100 stations around the world, the additional motive is also clear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the New York Times reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026the move [also] highlighted the risks that firms involved in due diligence face in China as Xi Jinping, the country\u2019s top leader, has repeatedly called for a greater emphasis on security and has tightened the ruling Communist Party\u2019s grip on information.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The firm stated that it \u201chas not received any official legal notice regarding a case against the company and has requested that the authorities release its employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps not coincidentally, reported<\/a> the Wall Street Journal, the Mintz Group raid is putting foreign companies in China on alert just as the country hosts an international economic conclave called the \u2018China Development Forum\u2019 set for this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The high-profile event is expected to be attended by Apple CEO Tim Cook, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, Ray Dalio, who founded the world\u2019s biggest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, and other top executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a survey<\/a> by the American Chamber of Commerce in China, with increasing tensions between the U.S. and China, U.S. businesses already operating in China are increasingly pessimistic about their prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe this latest Chinese act will make more U.S. firms think twice about investing there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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