I was thinking the same thing, but the key here is that he was known to be a future presidential candidate and presumptive nominee.

Critical bit from Bobulinski:

"I realized the Chinese were not really focused on a healthy financial ROI. They were looking at this as a political or influence investment. Once I realized that Hunter wanted to use the company as his personal piggy bank by just taking money out of it as soon as it came from the Chinese, I took steps to prevent that from happening."

If the Chinese knew this was a political move in 2017, you can be reasonably sure the Bidens did too.

I was thinking the same thing, but the key here is that he was known to be a future presidential candidate and presumptive nominee.

Critical bit from Bobulinski:

"I realized the Chinese were not really focused on a healthy financial ROI. They were looking at this as a political or influence investment. Once I realized that Hunter wanted to use the company as his personal piggy bank by just taking money out of it as soon as it came from the Chinese, I took steps to prevent that from happening."

If the Chinese knew this was a political move in 2017, you can be sure the Bidens did too.