A Daily Caller News Foundation reporter detailed how a Department of Defense (DOD) contractor is owned by a Hong Kong-based investment firm with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Tutor.com is funding It is owned by Primavera Capital, a venture capital firm that also invested in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, through the DOD’s Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) General Library Program. DCNF investigative reporter Phil Lenczycki details Primavera Capital CEO Fred Hu’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party during a Friday appearance on NTD’s “China in Focus” did. (Related: Treasury Secretary Trump says he will “form a group” to acquire TikTok)
“I discovered on the Chinese side’s Primavera website that he is listed as a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and says he joined in 2008,” Lenczicki told host Tiffany Meyer. told.
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“He is listed on the directory and even has a photo of him attending meetings wearing this distinctive red clip-on badge,” Lenczicki added. The badge was issued to representative Chinese Communist Party officials attend various meetings giving instructions to the CCP on how to characterize China’s policies.
Meyer pointed out that Primavera’s spokesperson had denied any ties to President Hu and the Chinese Communist Party, and asked Lenczicki about that denial.
“I think he was probably wearing a costume because in China they celebrate Halloween,” Lenczicki said. “But I doubt it. I think they’re likely playing with words.”
“At the time of writing the email, he may not be a current member of the organization, but from the evidence we have found, it seems certain that he was in the past,” Lenczicki said. .
had a wonderful time @ChinaInFocusNTD‘s @tiffanymeier_ Discuss @DailyCallerReport on Primavera Capital CEO Fred Hu’s relationship with the Chinese government
Primavera invests @tiktok_usparents of @BytedanceTalk + own @PrincetonRev & @tutordotcom, @Deptof Defense contract pic.twitter.com/o350lIiPPw
— Philip Lenczycki Cai Yue (@LenczyckiPhilip) March 16, 2024
Lenczicki also noted that Primavera invests in companies that have been sanctioned by the United States for human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
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