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Hunter Biden memoir listed ‘#1 Best Seller’ under ‘Chinese Biographies’ on Amazon
Hunter Biden’s upcoming memoir “Beautiful Things” has been listed as “#1 Best Seller” in the subcategory of “Chinese Biographies” on Friday. President Joe Biden’s son has taken heat, especially from conservatives, for his foreign business dealings in places such as China and Ukraine while his father was vice president.
Hunter Biden’s new memoir will illustrate his battle with substance abuse, according to the Associated Press. His past struggles with addictions made national headlines back in October 2020 when a laptop that he allegedly owned and the information it contained were published by The New York Post in an exposé.
While the book will not be publicly available until April 6, many have already pre-ordered it.
As of 3:51 p.m. (EST), the memoir is still listed as No. 1 in the Chinese biographies subcategory. It should be noted that on the Chinese biographies page is the memoir “Disloyal” from Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for former President Donald Trump, and the successful book from author Jon Krakauer called “Into Thin Air.” Based on the subcategory page, the books appear to be those whose sales are trending within China, as opposed to the books being about or relating to China.
This reporter reached out to Amazon for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication. This story will be updated to include their comment.
In the autumn of 2019, “Beautiful Things” was acquired but kept under wraps during the 2020 presidential election while Biden’s foreign business dealings became a target of then-President Trump and other conservatives and his finances being the center of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to the AP.
Ahead of the book’s release, numerous authors have heaped praise upon the work such as Stephen King, Dave Eggers and Anne Lamott.
“In his harrowing and compulsively readable memoir, Hunter Biden proves again that anybody — even the son of a United States President — can take a ride on the pink horse down nightmare alley,” King wrote in his blurb. “Biden remembers it all and tells it all with a bravery that is both heartbreaking and quite gorgeous. He starts with a question: Where’s Hunter? The answer is he’s in this book, the good, the bad, and the beautiful.”
In a segment released in advanced by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Biden writes in his memoir, “I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love.”
On Thursday, President and First Lady Biden released a statement saying, “We admire our son Hunter’s strength and courage to talk openly about his addiction so that others might see themselves in his journey and find hope.”
Back in the autumn during a presidential debate, then-candidate Biden defended his son after Trump went after him.
“My son, like a lot of people, like a lot of people you know at home, had a drug problem,” he said. “He’s overtaken it. He’s fixed it. He’s worked on it, and I’m proud of him. I’m proud of my son.”
The memoir’s title is a reference to a phrase that Hunter Biden and his late brother Beau would say to one another after the latter’s 2013 brain cancer diagnosis, according to Breitbart News. Beau Biden in 2015 tragically passed away as a result of the cancer.
Hunter Biden is the oldest surviving child of the commander-in-chief. Back in 1972, shortly after the now-president was first elected to the U.S. Senate for Delaware, lost his first wife Naomi and their 1-year-old daughter in a car accident. Both Hunter and Beau survived the accident and sustained injuries.
While his father was vice president and the Obama administration’s public face for its policy toward Ukraine, Hunter Biden was on the board of a Ukrainian energy firm called Burisma Holdings starting in 2014 and the business dealings he made in the country at that time have come under intense scrutiny, especially from conservatives. Reports, as well as Trump and others, allege that Biden leveraged his father’s position in these dealings.
There are reports, too, alleging that Biden engaged in suspicious dealings in China.
Back in December, Biden confirmed that his “tax affairs” were being investigated by federal authorities.
Shortly following Biden’s publicly confirming the investigation, then-President-elect Biden said “I’m proud of my son” in response to Fox News reporter Peter Doocy’s asking if he thought his son committed a crime.
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Chinese National Charged with Exporting Weapons from CA to North Korea
A Chinese national living in California was arrested this week for allegedly orchestrating a plot to ship weapons to North Korea directly from the United States. Shenghua Wen, a 41-year-old illegal migrant, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of two decades in federal prison, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The Daily Caller News Foundation reports that Wen allegedly exported firearms, ammunition and other military items bound for North Korea out of Long Beach, California. In a press release following the arrest, DOJ officials suggested that Wen was acting at the behest of North Korean officials.
“We have arrested a defendant who allegedly acted at the direction of the North Korean government by conspiring to illegally ship firearms, ammunition, and other military equipment to North Korea,” U.S. attorney Martin Estrada stated. “I am grateful to our law enforcement partners for stopping this threat and their tireless commitment to the security of our nation.”
“The significance of this arrest and discovery of this scheme cannot be overstated,” FBI Los Angeles assistant director in charge Akil Davis stated. “Not only did the investigative team prevent additional restricted items going to the North Korean regime, but they gathered valuable intelligence for the United States and our allies.”
“The defendant’s alleged attempts to illicitly export firearms and military technology from the United States at the behest of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea constitute an alarming violation of sanctions and export control laws,” special agent in charge Gregory Dunlap of the Office of Export Enforcement (OEE) stated. “OEE is committed to working with our federal partners to identify and disrupt illegal export schemes that undermine regional stability and our national security interests at home and abroad.”
The Daily Caller adds that the number of Chinese nationals illegally crossing into the U.S. reached a peak in fiscal year 2024, according to Customs and Border Protection. Border Patrol agents encountered nearly 38,000 Chinese nationals.
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