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Type: Government report / oversight document
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This document page details Chinese corporate influence in U.S. politics through lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions via U.S. subsidiaries, highlighting legal loopholes regarding "indirect donations." It cites specific examples of spending by companies like Alibaba and ZTE, as well as political contributions linked to American Pacific International Capital and HNA Group executives.

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2017 federal lobbying
2018 lobbying group joinings
May 2018 Republican Party fund-raising dinners

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Alibaba largest source of Chinese lobbying expenditures in 2017 US Federal Lobbying
American Pacific International Capital (APIC) contributed $1.3 million to Super PAC Jeb Bush
Tan Xiandong donated to campaign of Greg Pence

Key Quotes (3)

"A key exception to the ban on foreign federal campaign contributions is permitted through activity conducted via a US subsidiary of a foreign company."
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"This exception inherently creates the potential for exploitation, particularly given the intrinsic difficulties of monitoring and enforcement."
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"Foreigners may attend fund-raisers so long as they do not pay their own entry, another instance in which the fungibility of money makes it easy to skirt this rule."
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