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Miles Kwok the Revolutionary Whistleblower Miles Kwok The revolutionary whistleblower By followcn.com Everything is just beginning! The book is composed of articles recorded from Miles Kwok’s whistle blows, written or translated By Cloudy Seagail. Dedicated to all who are striving for freedom and democracy of the Chinese people, as well as global supporters regardless of their backgrounds Socialism is not the road to freedom. Socialism is the road to government control. And it grows in the soil of censorship. And across the nation, the American people are growing in vigilance, with a newfound appreciation for our administration’s actions and the President’s leadership to reset America’s economic and strategic relationship with China. The American people want nothing more; and the Chinese people deserve nothing less. There is an ancient Chinese proverb that reads, “Men see only the present, but heaven sees the future.” As we go forward, let us pursue a future of peace and prosperity with resolve and faith. *Remarks of Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States of America Chapter 1 Who is Miles Kwok? Miles Kwok, or Guo Wengui, was born in an ordinary family. Originally the family was from Shen County, Shandong province, in northern China. On his Chinese identity card, Guo Wengui registered his residence in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, born on February 2, 1967. He also has Hong Kong permanent residency with a number of English names. One of his Hong Kong identities was registered as Guo Haoyun, born on October 5, 1968. According to Guo Wengui himself in one of his “Say Hello” videos on May 11, 2017, he was 48 years old in 2017 and his birthday is May 10. Another source pointed out that Guo Wengui is a native of Xicaoying Village, an ancient town in Jixian County, Shandong Province. Guo is one of the three surnames of Xicaoying Village. Guo Wengui is ranked seventh in the family. When his father was young, the family moved to Zhaojiagou village, Hongqiling Town, Liushi County, Jilin Province, to make a living. The family returned to their hometown in the late 1970s. Guo said a couple of times that his mother is the backbone of the family. She is kind-hearted with good faith in Buddhism. The whole family was deeply influenced by his mother’s religious belief. Guo said his father had a weak personality. That was one of the reasons he often got bullied as a kid although he had seven brothers. He said his mother had to work very hard to feed the nine “men” including his father, but hard to find them enough food or keep her kids warm. In the early 1980s, Guo Wengui entered the junior high school in the local Gucheng Town. He did not continue to high school after junior graduation. Instead, Guo Wengui took a girl from the ancient town, Yue Qingzhi, to settle in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Yue later became his wife and they have two children. During their temporary migration to the northeastern part of China, his right-wing father under persecution was assigned to supervised labor at a state-owned factory, where early education was provided for the children. Guo and his fiancée Yue Qingzhi both became employees of Heilongjiang Forest Medicine Cooperative; they served as sales representatives in the liaison office in Zhengzhou in 1989. Guo said that he was arrested during the June 4th Movement in 1989. He sold his motorcycle and donated the earnings to the students in protest. He was detained in prison for eight months for his support of the democratic movement. In the early 1990s, when he was about 25 years of age, Guo Wengui was arrested a second time because of disputes in business. At that time, he was with his younger brother when they were chased by police. His younger brother was denied treatment at the local hospital after he had been shot by a drunken policeman. He died in the hospital. Later when Guo Wengui told about this incident, he said he had made up his mind at this moment that he would one day act against the evil Communist Party of China and must take it to hell. In one of his whistle blows in 2017, he said, “I have prepared for this moment for 28 years!” Guo later told his audience that during his imprisonment, he met some democratic activists and religious believers in the cells and learned a lot from them on how to build a successful business and achieve a great mission. After he was released from prison, with an idea to broaden his vision, Guo went abroad to travel. In Hong Kong, he was introduced to some financiers from the west by his Hong Kong friends. After returning to China, he hoped to make a living by doing business. In 1992, Guo became the general manager of Henan Dalaoban Furniture Factory, which was a collectively owned enterprise under the Zhengzhou office for retired cadres of the Ministry of Nuclear Industry. According to the industrial and commercial registration data, the furniture factory was established on April 17, 1993. It was a collectively owned enterprise with a registered capital of 5.3 million yuan and the legal representative was Guo Wengui. In the first half of the 1990s, Guo began to set foot in the real estate industry. In September 1993, he participated in the founding of Zhengzhou Yuda Real Estate Co., Ltd. The company was a joint venture between his furniture factory and Hong Kong Aileen Co., Ltd, each holding 50% shares. The venture had an initial registered capital of 15 million yuan. The chairman of the company was Xia Ping, a Hong Kong Aileen Representative. Guo was the vice chairman and general manager. The first development by the venture was 18,000 square meters of land west of Yaozhai Village in the north of Dongming Road in Zhengzhou City. The project was supposed to be commercial and residential buildings mainly for middle and low-end income earners. However, in September 1996, the furniture factory withdrew as a shareholder. And a new venture was established with Zhengzhou Weiren Trading Co. Ltd as the new shareholder, Guo Wengui as the chairman and legal representative. The registered capital rose to 246 million yuan, Zhengzhou Weiren and Hong Kong Aileen holding equal shares. Instead of building residential apartments for local residents, they changed to build the largest building in Zhengzhou. In 1997, Henan Yuda Investment Co. Ltd. built Yuda International Trade Center in Zhongyuan Middle Road. This building maintained the highest building record in Zhengzhou for 15 years. Because of its shape and style, the five-star Yuda International Trade Center was regarded as the Buddha’s hand in the central land of China. As the owner of this magnificent hotel, Guo Wengui received many important guests from both the business and political circles. Li Keqiang, then governor of Henan province and Wu Yi, China’s Vice premier, also became his frequent visitors. In October 1998, Guo Wengui transferred all his shares with the mainland company into Hong Kong Aileen and the venture thus became 100% Hong Kong-owned enterprise. He obtained Hong Kong residency and changed his name to Guo Haoyun. Guo Haoyun served as the general manager of the company for a long time. In June 1999, Yuda International Trade Center was put into use as a whole. But around that time in 1999, Guo Wengui was involved in more business disputes and he had to travel to the United States to evade police persecution. Guo Wengui later admitted in his whistle blows that he had to collaborate with the corrupt CCP government to do lots of evil in order to protect his life and wealth. These collaborations inspired him to further his business adventures in the capital Beijing. In June 1998, Guo Wengui and actor Zhu Shimao jointly established Beijing Wenmao Investment Consultant Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of 5 million yuan, of which Guo invested 3 million yuan and Zhu invested 2 million yuan. In February 2001, Zhu Shimao withdrew and Guo Wengui also transferred the shares to others. The company was later renamed Beijing Morgan Investment Co., Ltd. and was renamed Beijing Pangu Investment Co., Ltd. On January 8, 2002, Guo Wengui established another company in Beijing, Beijing Jinquan real Estate Co., Ltd. and finally changed its name to Beijing Zenith Holdings Co., Ltd. In September 2002, Guo Wengui acquired two plots in Datun Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, to build Morgan Center and Jinquan Square respectively. In 2003, the Morgan Center project was suspended due to government planning and financial disputes. In 2004, the Ministry of Land and Resources of China issued the provisions on the “transfer agreement on the operation of land use rights”. The following year, Guo Wengui again went overseas to seek financial support. In October 2005, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources announced the withdrawal of state-owned land use rights for seven pieces of land including the Morgan Center. On January 5, 2006, Morgan Investment filed a lawsuit in the People's Court of Chaoyang District, requesting the revocation of the Notice on Dissolving the Contract for the Transfer of State-Owned Land Use Rights. On May 22, 2006, Morgan Center re-entered the land market bidding. The winning bidder was a mistress of Liu Zhihua, deputy mayor of Beijing, who was in charge of urban construction and was mainly engaged in the construction of the Olympic project. Guo Wengui directly charged Liu Zhihua of corruption and on June 9, 2006, the deputy mayor was detained and sentenced to imprisonment by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
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