News Snapshot:
The U.S. investment firm BlackRock has been investing in Chinese companies linked to the country’s military and surveillance apparatus, including efforts to target its ethnic minority populations in Xinjiang. “Betting on China,” a new ad released by Consumers’ Research this week, calls into question BlackRock’s investments in China and its connections to Chinese military and surveillance firms. Keith Krach, the former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment under President Donald Trump, shared the ad in a LinkedIn post on Thursday, with the caption, “Important ad from Consumers’ Research . Americans may not know that...
