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16-458: The station was built and is maintained by subsidiaries of China Communications Construction Company . It has been operational since 2018. The observatory is located north of Bajada del Agrio , near the Salado River on provincial route 33, in the so-called Pampa de Pilmatué, in the deserts of Patagonia . The station is based on a two-square-kilometer plot and houses a 35-meter antenna. It

32-693: A contractor for numerous Belt and Road Initiative projects. It is included in the Fortune Global 500 list for 2016. CCCC's predecessors can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty , when the Junpu Engineering Bureau was established in 1905. The company was officially formed in 2005 by the merger of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), which focus on transportation infrastructure and marine infrastructure, respectively. In 2006,

48-470: Is the first Chinese deep space earth station built outside China . The land was leased in 2012 to the Chinese government for 50 years of use, and the agreement includes a tax exemption. China invested $ 50 million into building the station. Future plans for the facility include research on Mars . The radio station employs at least thirty Chinese employees. The facility has reportedly had a positive effect on

64-609: The South China Sea . The same month, the United States Department of Defense released the names of additional “Communist Chinese military companies” operating directly or indirectly in the United States. CCCC was included on the list. In November 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting any American company or individuals from owning shares in companies, including CCCC, that

80-693: The Chinese embassy and naturally blacklisted the company.” An investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that, in 2009, CCCC paid US$ 19 million to Teodorin Obiang , Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, in relation to a contract for a highway. Teodorin Obiang settled the case, agreeing to forfeit over US$ 30 million worth of U.S. assets. CCCC has been implicated in schemes devised by ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak and advisor Low Taek Jho to bail out debts related to 1MDB . The Malaysian government agreed with CCCC to construct an East Coast Railway line for RM60 billion. Government documents revealed that

96-1116: The U.S. Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army . In December 2020, the United States Department of Commerce added CCCC itself to the Entity List. CCCC is a " blue chip " stock (part of the CSI 300 Index ). State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) holds 63.8% of the company's shares. Other shareholders include multiple affiliates of (or funds managed by) Merrill Lynch , BlackRock and JPMorgan Chase . The company operates through various subsidiaries, including CRBD and CHED, John Holland Group , an Australia-based construction company focused on infrastructure, Friede & Goldman, headquartered in Houston, which engineers offshore vessels for

112-716: The World Bank Group debarred CCCC and CRBC until 2017 for fraudulent practices under Phase 1 of the Philippines National Roads Improvement and Management Project. Together with five other companies, CCCC and CRBC had colluded to enter non-competitive, artificially high bid prices. In August 2020, the United States Department of Commerce placed several CCCC subsidiaries on the Bureau of Industry and Security 's Entity List for their construction work to militarize artificial islands in

128-763: The company listed shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange , followed by a listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2012. Since the mid-2000s, CCCC has been implicated in misconduct including fraud and corruption in Bangladesh, Equatorial Guinea, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Penalties included debarment by the World Bank and the Bangladesh government. In early 2018, CCCC subsidiary, China Harbour Engineering Company ,

144-705: The contract required CCCC to buy shares of companies related to Low, specifically, 70 per cent of Putrajaya Perdana Bhd for US$ 244 million (RM957 million) and 90 per cent of Loh & Loh for US$ 71 million (RM283 million). However, these allegations were denied by Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd, the owner of the railway project. Yet, in September 2019, during Najib's trial for corruption in relation to 1MDB, his previous assistant, Amhari Effendi Nazaruddin, testified that he traveled to Beijing China in June 2016 to discuss proposals for infrastructure projects that would help to pay off

160-536: The debts of 1MDB and its former unit, SRC International. The briefing points for the Beijing meeting stressed that "while simultaneously completely resolving 1MDB and SRC debts". Amhari testified to his unease about the Beijing mission, "I was worried about being involved directly in Najib and Low Taek Jho’s plan to cover up the loss of 1MDB funds and the repayment of International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) debts or

176-681: The local economy, including the nearby town of Las Lajas , in part as a result of construction work which required 300 workers. According to Chinese media, the station played a key role in China's mission in landing a lunar rover on the dark side of the moon. Many, including local residents, journalists, think tanks, and the U.S. government, have voiced concern that the station may be used for military or signals intelligence purposes, but others have challenged or tempered this view. Mauricio Macri ’s former foreign minister, Susana Malcorra , said in an interview that Argentina has no physical oversight of

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192-656: The oil and gas industry, and Concremat Engenharia e Tecnologia S.A., an engineering and infrastructure consultancy based in Brasil. CCCC is a major contractor in the Belt and Road Initiative . CCCC is involved in dredging projects in disputed areas in the South China Sea , highway-building in Xinjiang , and building naval logistics installations at Gwadar Port . CCCC's subsidiary China Harbour Engineering Company

208-609: The preparation of political funds”. In March 2023, a court in Kuwait convicted Jho Low and others of money laundering. Trial documents revealed the flow of funds from CCCC through two Hong Kong subsidiaries, Multi Strategic Investment Limited and True Dragon Properties Limited, to Kuwait entities. The funds were proceeds of loans by the Export-Import Bank of China to finance the East Coast Railway. In 2009,

224-415: The station's operations. In 2016, Argentine officials stated that China agreed to use the station solely for civilian purposes, but without an oversight mechanism in place. Opposition legislators characterized the 50-year agreement with the Chinese government as a loss of national sovereignty. In 2024, after U.S. Ambassador Marc Stanley publicly complained about the station, the government of Javier Milei

240-501: Was debarred for attempted bribery of a senior government official in relation to a contract for the expansion of the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway. Finance Minister AMA Muhith said: “[The expansion of] Dhaka-Sylhet Highway, somehow, we had to drop it. Because, the party who got the contract, they came up, in the very beginning, with offer of bribe, open bribe. So, we gave the money, which they gave to some of our officials, back to

256-601: Was reported to want to inspect the station for contract compliance. This was later toned down to a "visit", which took place on April 18th. China Communications Construction Company China Communications Construction Company, Ltd. ( CCCC ) is a Chinese majority state-owned , publicly traded, multinational engineering and construction company primarily engaged in the design, construction, and operation of infrastructure assets, including highways, skyways, bridges, tunnels, railways (especially high-speed rail ), subways, airports, oil platforms, and marine ports. CCCC has been

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