The art of spying: Chinese investors linked to the CCP buy up land near Japanese and US military bases


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Alvaro Colombres Garmendia | TheBL 05/15/21, 17:35 Flag of the People's Republic of China. (Shutterstock) The Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported that after a year of investigations, the Japanese government discovered that Chinese investors purchased around 700 pieces of land and buildings strategically close to Japanese and U.S. military bases. Some of the investors are linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), presenting a serious threat to national security. The investigation was launched after word spread that the Chinese were buying land within a 10 km perimeter around Japanese military bases and the country’s outlying islands. It appears as though it’s...