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A Chinese Tycoon Sought Power and Influence. Washington Responded. Dec. 12, 2018

Ye Jianming courted the Biden family and networked with former United States security officials. Today, his empire is crashing down in court.

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Mr. Ye also further loosened CEFC’s purse strings, donating as much as $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Outside the Beltway, a CEFC foundation donated at least $500,000 to a Columbia University research center, winning Mr. Ye notice within the energy industry and among China watchers. Neither foundation responded to a request for comment. Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs said in a statement that it “has had no contact with CEFC or any of its officials for more than a year, nor have we accepted further contributions.”

CEFC also organized forums in Hong Kong and Washington that brought together retired American and Chinese military officers, among other events. All the while it continued to network. “They kept coming back and saying, ‘Can we organize contacts?’” Mr. Pyntikov said.

By 2015, Mr. Ye had begun working on perhaps his most politically connected quarry yet: the family of Mr. Biden, the vice president. An aide to Mr. Ye met the vice president’s second son, Hunter Biden, in Washington. Mr. Ye then met privately with Hunter Biden at a hotel in Miami in May 2017, according to people with direct knowledge of the meetings who were not authorized to speak publicly because the meetings were private. Mr. Ye proposed a partnership to invest in American infrastructure and energy deals, the people said. During this period, the vice president’s son was managing Rosemont Seneca Partners, an investment firm he formed with Chris Heinz, the stepson of John Kerry, the former secretary of state. Mr. Heinz said he has no knowledge of CEFC and ended his relationship with Rosemont Seneca in 2015. It is unclear whether Hunter Biden struck any business deals with CEFC or Mr. Ye. Through his attorney, Hunter Biden declined to comment. CEFC also tried to bring prominent Republicans into its orbit in anticipation that they might take control of the White House after the 2016 election. In a 2014 memo after the November midterm elections that year, CEFC outlined a plan for reaching out to top Republicans and politically connected people. The company should begin making that outreach “as soon as possible,” it said, in order to form a “relationship and friend base.”

James Biden, a financier and brother of the former vice president, was in a hotel lobby in November 2017 when he got a surprise call on his cellphone. The call was from Patrick Ho, Mr. Ye’s lieutenant. Mr. Ho, 69, was in trouble. In Washington, many of Mr. Ye’s new acquaintances ultimately came to naught. In a brief interview, James Biden said he had been surprised by Mr. Ho’s call. He said he believed it had been meant for Hunter Biden, the former vice president’s son. James Biden said he had passed on his nephew’s contact information. “There is nothing else I have to say,” James Biden said. “I don’t want to be dragged into this anymore.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/business/cefc-biden-china-washington-ye-jianming.html

Other Sauces:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/business/cefc-china-patrick-ho.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/business/china-energy-cefc.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/23/obituaries/marshal-ye-jianying-dies-at-90-had-been-china-s-head-of-state.html

http://fortune.com/2016/09/28/cefc-ye-jianming-40-under-40/

https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/annual_reports/annual_report_full_11.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/business/china-energy-cefc.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/business/cefc-china-patrick-ho.html

This article refers to a statement by POTUS in the debate last night regarding the Biden family ties to China. This can be a significant dig with additional connections that can also be made of the Clinton's ties. The debunk..is not debunked Joe!