Mysterious Seeds from China—Are They Dangerous?

**The Lawspeaker** · 08-01-2020, 01:25 AM

Americans are reporting getting packages from China filled with mysterious seeds. DO NOT PLANT THEM! It could be a brushing scam, or it could be an invasive species, part of the Chinese Communist Party's unrestricted warfare tactics against the US, including biological warfare and environmental warfare. Also, please do not eat the seeds.

**Ranger0075** · 08-01-2020, 01:26 AM

They are buying every company or lands here, I dont trust on them at all

**PaleoEuropean** · 08-01-2020, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by Ranger0075

They are buying every company or lands here, I dont trust on them at all

I thought Chile had strict laws about foreign businesses and residents buying property.

**Dr_Maul** · 08-01-2020, 01:56 AM

This is a common strategy used by MLM’s and amazon scammers where they ship a bunch of cheap random shit in order to get verified as a seller

**Ranger0075** · 08-01-2020, 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by PaleoEuropean

I thought Chile had strict laws about foreign businesses and residents buying property.

Until recently, China’s investment in Chile was limited, despite robust trade — Chile is the world’s top copper producer and China the biggest buyer. But in November Chile joined six other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Ecuador, Panama and Cuba, in signing a memorandum of understanding with China to participate in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a development strategy aimed at improving infrastructure and connectivity to China from surrounding countries.

As China’s investing and trading relationships have matured and become more commercialised, Chile and China are a natural match.

The administration of Sebastián Piñera, Chile’s centre-right president, has also made increasing foreign direct investment a priority since taking office last year, enacting a law aimed at cutting red tape and encouraging new investments. The result, according to the government, was $8.2bn in FDI in 2018, a 28 per cent increase from the year before.

China has seized the invitation. China-based Tianqi Lithium Corp snapped up a 24 per cent stake in Chilean lithium miner SQM for $4bn, the country’s biggest foreign investment in 2018. Chinese companies have also invested in Chile’s electricity, renewable energy, salmon and fruit sectors in the past year.

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“As a result, Chinese companies are increasingly bidding for projects [alongside local and international firms],” Ms Myers added.

Chile alone has a $14.5bn portfolio of public works projects. In a “historic” change, China will win some contracts “for sure”, said Mr Rodríguez Chiffelle. He emphasised that China had never won a concession in Chile until the China Harbour Engineering Company, the country’s second-biggest construction company, was successful in its bid to build a hydroelectric dam last year. “That marked a before and after,” he said.

After recent Chinese investment announcements of major infrastructure projects to upgrade the Panama Canal and build a $3bn port at Chancay in Peru, there are hopes that Chinese companies will invest in a “bi-oceanic corridor” from Brazil to Chile, building a railway that would link South America’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

https://www.ft.com/content/78a4936e-...b-ff8ef2b976c7

**The Lawspeaker** · 08-08-2020, 01:45 PM

Thousands of Americans have received mysterious seed packages from China. After warning people not to plant them, some people went ahead and planted them anyway. And now we know what these mystery seeds really are...