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Article: China Denies Contribution Charges; Foreign Ministry Calls Influence-Buying Allegation a `Fabrication'
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- The Washington Post
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- May 20, 1998
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China labeled as "sheer fabrication" today a report that the
daughter of a Chinese general funneled cash to the Democratic Party
in an effort to buy policy concessions from the Clinton
administration.
In two statements, the Foreign Ministry and China Aerospace
Corp., which manufactures rockets and launches satellites, denied
that army Lt. Col. Liu Chaoying, gave money to Democratic Party
fund-raiser Johnny Chung in 1996. Chung has told the U.S. Justice
Department that he received $300,000 from Liu to contribute to U.S.
political campaigns, U.S. officials have said.
The Justice Department is investigating whether the Chinese
government sought to buy influence with the Clinton ...