An interesting Chinese perspective: this is an article from the South China Morning Post about the ad in the Iowa newspaper, sanctions, and alleged Chinese meddling in the upcoming midterm elections. Even Scaramucci gets a mention. An excerpt:
‘The practice of foreign governments buying space in US newspapers to promote trade is common and differs from a clandestine operation run by a national intelligence agency.’
Scaramucci’s bit:
‘The hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of deals shot down this year on national security concerns included HNA’s bid for Skybridge Capital, a hedge fund founded by Trump’s one-time communications director Anthony Scaramucci; the US$580 million purchase of US semiconductor company Xcerra by a Chinese investment firm backed by state-owned Sino IC Capital; and the US$117 billion takeover of the semiconductor equipment maker Qualcomm by Broadcom, a Singapore-based company with close ties to Beijing.’
www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2165883/donald-trump-accuses-china-seeking-meddle-us