It is a match made in hell.
Chinese triad gangs have teamed up with brutal Mexican cartels to help them launder millions in illicit drug money made by flooding the US with killer drug fentanyl.
For at least the last seven years, Mexican mobsters including from El Chapo's notorious Sinaloa cartel have been paying Chinese middle-men to 'clean' money made selling drugs on America's streets in a complex scheme involving members of Beijing's elite.
Now, American lawmakers have called for an investigation into whether the Chinese Communist Party is complicit in the scheme amid warnings Xi Jinping is using America's opioid crisis as yet another weapon in his quest to establish a new world order.
Lisa McClain, chairwoman of the subcommittee on healthcare and financial services, said at a hearing into the issue this week: 'It is no secret that China's become a global hub of money-laundering activity.