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"CTRIP made a minority investment in Boom in 2018 but had zero voting or governance rights, which is standard Boom protocol for any foreign investors. She told the Free Beacon Kelly was not on the company's board of directors and had no voting or governance input. Buzz Aldrin Endorses McSally Over Fellow Astronaut Kelly, Kelly Disciplines Staffer Who Called Cops ‘Worthless F—ing Pigs’, Kelly Campaign Spox Calls Police ‘Worthless F—ing Pigs’, Advocates for Defunding Police Drop Millions to Boost Dem Senate Candidates, For Mark Kelly, Attending Forum Hosted by CCP Was the Beginning of Lucrative Relationship with China, Democratic Senate Candidates Largely Opposed to Court Packing, New McSally Ad Highlights Career as Trail-Blazing Female Air Force Pilot, Eliana Johnson: Pence Got the Better of Harris on Court Packing, Harris: Biden Admin Will Repeal Tax Cuts ‘On Day One’, Video: Dem Senate Candidate Has No Idea What the Patriot Act Is, Cal Cunningham Refuses to Take Position on Joe Biden’s Refusal to Take Position on Court Packing. TUCSON - Democratic U.S. Senatorial Candidate Mark Kelly has recently come under attack because of Chinese investment in World View Enterprises, the Tucson-based aerospace company where he was formerly employed. This race is … He had no role in investments.” The Beacon reported that Kelly’s stock in Boom Technology was worth between $115,000 and $300,000 last year, writing that in a financial disclosure report Kelly filed last year, he stated that he held between those two figures in investments he held in the company.

Aside from the clear corruption from an industry to which Kelly has visible ties, his association with the air ambulance industry is highly hypocritical. Kelly, who is challenging Republican incumbent Martha McSally for an Arizona Senate seat, has faced scrutiny for other China-linked business interests and investments. "Regarding the Belt and Road initiative: Boom has never had any involvement with that initiative or any contact with Chinese officials related to the initiative," she added. Typically advisory boards exist alongside a company’s formal corporate board and provide strategic advice to leadership. Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly took in $1.8 million in speaking fees over the past 18 months and has assets worth up to $27 million, his newly filed financial disclosure records show. Ctrip is also deeply involved in the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Initiative. In April 2018, Ctrip announced that it had made a "strategic investment" in Boom Technologies to develop the company’s  Mach-2.2 airliner, a supersonic aircraft capable of traveling over 1,400 miles per hour. At risk of losing a reliable avenue for profit, The Association Of Air Medical Services (AAMS), a major air ambulance industry lobbying group to which Kelly’s company belongs, pushed back on the effort and resisted government oversight. The air ambulance industry as a whole has faced controversy for “surprise medical billing” and “price gouging,” and Angel MedFlight is no exception. The company disclosed in 2003 that one of its primary shareholders was the Shanghai municipal government, according to Securities and Exchange Commission records. "The deal was made more than two years ago," said Ctrip spokeswoman Wendy Min in an email. U.S. officials and cybersecurity experts have called it a global security risk, noting the potential for Chinese "debt traps," espionage, and military encroachment. is provided to you, Biden Whistleblower: The Biden Family Is Compromised, Here’s ‘One of the Clearest and Most Important Sentences You'll Read’ About the Media and Hunter Biden, Bobulinski Bombshell: The Bidens are 'Compromised' and Lying About Joe's Knowledge of Hunter's Deals With China, 'I have all the emails and documents and texts proving everything': Tucker Carlson interviews Tony Bobulinski, There's Something Happening Out There The Elite Refuses To See, Everything You Need to Understand About Polling in 2020, ICYMI: The Left Had a Meltdown When Justice Barrett Took Her Oath at the White House, New Trump Ad Reminds Voters the Biden Team Bailed Out Rioters, One Week Out: Trump Storms Michigan, Wisconsin and Nebraska, Trump Campaign Rips 'Horribly Wrong' Bloomberg Story About Florida Ads, Trump Receives Endorsement from Key Wisconsin Group, 'Red Wave'? World View Enterprises, a company he cofounded and holds investments in, received funding from Chinese tech company Tencent, the Washington Free Beacon reported last October.

Kelly’s communication director Jacob Peters told the Beacon of Kelly’s connections with Boom: “He was an adviser with a limited role advising primarily on technical matters given his expertise as a former combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. He had no role in investments," said Kelly’s communication director Jacob Peters in an email to the Free Beacon on Friday. In April 2016, as part of a subsequent, $15 million investment round, World View announced that it had received more funds from Tencent, along with three other venture capital firms.”, Tencent owns the Chinese social media platform WeChat, which has been accused of monitoring its users’ activities.

Last year, Ctrip joined Tencent and other major Chinese companies in boycotting the NBA after the general manager of the Houston Rockets tweeted his support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

For example, in Sri Lanka, China has already foreclosed the Chinese-built port in Hambantota. President Trump advocated for the end of “surprise billing” along with a few senators. She lives in Washington, D.C. Kelly reported that he collected $20,000 in consulting service fees from Angel MedFlight in 2019, in addition to non-public stock investments from which he drew no income, which totaled to between $250,001 and $500,000. This entry was posted in 2020 Election and tagged Mark Kelly. Ctrip "holds near-total control of the Chinese travel market," according to researchers at Berkeley University. Senate candidate Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.) sat on the advisory board of and held a significant financial interest in a Colorado company that partnered with a Chinese state-financed tech giant to bring supersonic aerospace technology to China in 2018, according to his financial disclosure reports. A spokeswoman for Ctrip declined to comment on the company's financial relationship with the Chinese government or provide details on its partnership with Boom. A 2017 Consumer Reports study found that companies’ ability to price gouge is largely due to a lack of regulation on the industry, and an “oversupply” in the air ambulance industry contributes to an “unnecessary overuse of this lifesaving service,” meaning that air ambulance companies can take advantage of patients in the name of a profit. Financial filings show that Arizona Senate candidate Mark Kelly served as a consultant for, and on the board of, Arizona-based air ambulance company Angel MedFlight from 2015 to 2019 as The Daily Wire, headed by bestselling author and popular podcast host Ben Shapiro, is a leading provider of conservative news, cutting through the mainstream media’s rhetoric to provide readers the most important, relevant, and engaging stories of the day. In Arizona, shifting demographics and President Trump's divisive style helped Democrat Mark Kelly open up a polling lead over GOP Sen. Martha McSally. In some cases, dating back to 2016, Angel MedFlight filed federal lawsuits against insurance companies if they claimed that an air ambulance ride was “not medically necessary.” During Kelly’s tenure on the company’s board, 21 lawsuits were filed against insurers demanding fees be paid. Mark was not a ‘board member.’ He was an adviser with a limited role advising primarily on technical matters given his expertise as a former combat pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. Ctrip has pledged its support for the Xi Jinping administration plan and also publishes an annual report on the state of Chinese international travel as it relates to Belt and Road. Peters declined to comment on Kelly’s duties as an advisory board member.