Jared Kushner: the powerful son-in-law of Donald Trump and his ties with Chinese businesses
Budding real estate mogul has a history of chasing Chinese investment, if not always directly
As a real estate developer, Jared Kushner is used to chasing deals and tapping deep pockets, including many in China.
But then Kushner isn’t just a typical developer – after the son-in-law of US President-elect Donald Trump was named his senior policy advisor, Kushner’s wheeling and dealing, especially with Chinese investors, has courted fresh media scrutiny. His appointment as the unpaid special adviser to the incoming president has raised questions of nepotism and conflicts of interest.
A recent New York Times article detailing meetings between Anbang Insurance Group’s chairman Wu Xiaohui and Kushner along with his father, Charles, raised questions on just how Kushner’s deal-making may get in the way of policymaking in the Trump White House.
According to the article published on Sunday, the meeting between Wu and Kushner took place less than a week after Trump’s election at the Waldorf-Astoria, the storied luxury Midtown Manhattan hotel acquired by Anbang in 2014.
