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China has been doing this for some time, this was in 1996 and it coincided with them soon being allowed into the WTO.
The good old days, when China was only a gnat. Imagine what is going on now?
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, April 4) -- A controversial former Democratic Party fund-raiser has told federal investigators that China's chief of military intelligence funneled $300,000 through him to back President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, CNN has confirmed.
Johnny Chung has told investigators that Gen. Ji Shengde ordered the money transferred to Chung's bank account with the specific objective of helping Clinton's campaign, according to sources familiar with his testimony.
The sources say only a portion of the money ever made it into Democratic Party coffers.
Federal law prohibits financial contributions to political campaigns from sources outside of the United States.
Word of direct involvement of a high-ranking Chinese official in Chung's fund-raising activities, first reported Sunday by The Los Angeles Times, comes on the eve of a visit to Washington this week by Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji.
A spokesman for the Chinese embassy denied the allegation, insisting his government was not involved in the American election.
The good old days, when China was only a gnat. Imagine what is going on now?
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, April 4) -- A controversial former Democratic Party fund-raiser has told federal investigators that China's chief of military intelligence funneled $300,000 through him to back President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, CNN has confirmed.
Johnny Chung has told investigators that Gen. Ji Shengde ordered the money transferred to Chung's bank account with the specific objective of helping Clinton's campaign, according to sources familiar with his testimony.
The sources say only a portion of the money ever made it into Democratic Party coffers.
Federal law prohibits financial contributions to political campaigns from sources outside of the United States.
Word of direct involvement of a high-ranking Chinese official in Chung's fund-raising activities, first reported Sunday by The Los Angeles Times, comes on the eve of a visit to Washington this week by Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji.
A spokesman for the Chinese embassy denied the allegation, insisting his government was not involved in the American election.