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Donald Trump reaped US$5.5 million from China and its state entities during presidency: US House report
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Bochen Hanin Washington
Businesses tied to former US president Donald Trump accepted over US$5.5 million from China’s government and its state-owned entities during his time in office, according to a congressional Democratic staff report released on Thursday.
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Titled “White House for Sale”, the sweeping 156-page report from the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability named the Chinese embassy in Washington as one of the entities that spent money at a Trump-owned property from 2017 to 2020.
It also named Hainan Airlines, a Chinese state-owned airline, as well as the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
All three entities paid money to Trump-owned buildings, namely Trump Tower in New York and Trump International hotels in Washington, DC and Las Vegas, Nevada.
China far and away led countries in making such payments, with the total from 20 countries reaching US$7.8 million, according to the report.
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