Erik Prince & Frontier Services Group profile

Blackwater Mercenary Prince Has a New $1 Trillion Chinese Boss. One of those things that's unfashionable to mention on Twitter is how China fits into the Trump puzzle. Russiagate never worked for me because it's too simple. There was no one power responsible for what happened. Erik Prince is how China ties into it.

Check out this timeline. Erik Prince met Trump's people in January 2017.

Date

Event

Oct 2013

Prince meets CITIC Chairman Chang Zhenming

Jan 2014

Prince named FSG Chairman

Apr 2016

FSG first mentions intent to pursue Belt and Road projects in filings

Apr 2016

CEO Gregg Smith, former Marine, and William Fallon, former US admiral, resign

Dec 2016

FSG formally updates strategy to "better capitalize" on Belt and Road

Jan 2017

FSG announces Belt and Road partnership with China state-owned Taiping

Mar 2018

China state-owned CITIC ups stake in FSG; Taiping becomes shareholder

Dec 2018

CITIC Chairman Chang becomes FSG Chairman

Jan 2019

FSG releases, then deletes, statement on Xinjiang training camp