Exposed documents published by Open Secrets show that senior Democratic Party figures, including former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Gavin Newsom, collectively received at least $1.1 million in donations from Chinese state-designated companies Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu between 2020 and 2024, according to the report. The Pentagon has designated these firms as Chinese military companies.
Documents published by the campaign finance tracking site Open Secrets report that senior Democratic Party figures in the United States received at least $1.1 million in donations from major Chinese companies between 2020 and 2024.
The recipients named include former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and California Governor Gavin Newsom, alongside the Democratic National Committee, state party committees, and related political action committees. The donors are identified as senior executives, lawyers, and lobbyists primarily from Alibaba, BYD, and Baidu — all three of which the U.S. Pentagon has classified as Chinese military companies under a program tracking companies with ties to the People's Liberation Army.
As The Zioneer reported on June 10, the Pentagon added more than ten major Chinese firms to its military-ties list, citing China's civil-military integration strategy. The documents cited here derive from U.S. campaign filings compiled by Open Secrets; the accuracy of the specific recipient amounts and the full list of individual recipients has not been independently verified by The Zioneer.
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