Curtis Bashaw, a Never Trump Republican from New Jersey, once worked with a Chinese state-run construction company accused of corruption and “cyber espionage.”
Bashaw hopes to secure a Republican Garden State candidacy against Mendham Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner, who is backed by Trump.
“She’s a wonderful woman…I fully support her, Trump.” Said Last week at a rally in Cape May, New Jersey. “They said she (her opponent) was a Christie, so I immediately said I support you,” he said, referring to Bashaw.
Bashaw is a key ally of Chris Christie and also works with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), a state-run Chinese construction company that has been accused of corruption and has strong ties to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Ta.
In 2017, Cape Advisors joint management Written by Bashaw, partnered Partnered with China Construction America’s investment arm to make a $140 million equity investment in a residential development in Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood. ”
Cape Advisor at the time declared The deal had been “one of the key focuses over the past two years.” Strategic Capital, the investment arm of China Construction America, joint development Cape Advisors properties.
China Construction America is a subsidiary of China National Construction Engineering Corporation. teeth The world’s largest engineering and construction company by revenue.
“CCA is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., which is famous for the water cube at the Beijing Olympics.The parent company is listed on the stock market, but shanghai stock exchange“The majority of the stock is still owned by the Chinese government, a holdover from the days when the government controlled every company,” CNBC said. I got it..
The Chinese state-run construction company that Bashaw worked with has a history of controversy.
The Chinese state-owned construction company where Bashaw worked in 2019 is blacklisted The World Bank said it was “due to collusion and involvement in corruption scandals in the Philippines regarding the Philippine National Highway Improvement and Management Program.”
“For five years, the Chinese government wiretapped the African Union headquarters built by CSCEC in Ethiopia.”data from a CPU in a building built by China. It was being forwarded to a server in China. In early 2022, A lawsuit was filed in a Kenyan court. Protest against CSCEC due to corruption allegations. The court was asked to prohibit the company from continuing to operate in Kenya and violating Kenyan laws and directives,” the watchdog group said.
The US Department of Defense has discovered that CSCEC has close ties to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
2020, then-President Donald Trump Banned Americans stop investing in 31 Chinese companies listed as enabling the People’s Liberation Army; include Chinese state-owned construction company. The Trump administration even accused CSCEC of “cyber espionage.”
Bashaw said he sold his company in 2019, a year before then-President Trump banned Americans from owning stock in the company, which has close ties to the People’s Liberation Army.
In February, Basho campaign spokeswoman Janet Hoffman said: Said Mr. Bashaw said he made “zero dollars on this New York City project” and accused Mr. Serrano-Glasner of “propagating an outrageous conspiracy.”
In addition to his ties to Chinese state-owned enterprises, Bashaw shared an article that described Trump as a “strong ally” of “illiberal forces.”
In contrast to Bashaw, Serrano Glasner said she would promote Trump’s America First policy if elected to the Senate.
Serrano Glassner: “I gratefully accept President Trump’s support, serve as his staunch ally in Washington, and look forward to working with him to pull through the swamp and make America great again.” Said.
He added, “New Jersey deserves better than the corrupt political system that gave us ‘Golden Bob’ Menendez, and America deserves better than the unmitigated disaster of the Biden administration.”
