Elaine Yu

Elaine Yu is a journalist based in Hong Kong, with an interest in gender, urban development, and money in politics. She has written for CNN International, the New Yorker, VICE News, The Nation, Dissent, The Baffler, and other publications.

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Foreign Influence

Gary Locke, While Obama’s Ambassador to China, Got a Chinese Tycoon to Buy His House

Lee Fang, Jon Schwarz

- Aug. 3, 2016

The revelation of a substantial financial transaction between an American diplomat and a prominent citizen of the host country in which he was serving raises ethical flags.

Foreign Influence

Meet the Chinese Husband-and-Wife Team Whose Company Spent $1.3 Million Trying to Make Jeb Bush President

Lee Fang, Jon Schwarz, Elaine Yu

- Aug. 3, 2016

Gordon Tang and Huaidan Chen have cultivated ties to American politicians through campaign contributions and other investments.

Foreign Influence

How a Top GOP Lawyer Guided a Chinese-Owned Company Into U.S. Presidential Politics

Jon Schwarz, Lee Fang

- Aug. 3, 2016

With advice from Republican power lawyer Charlie Spies, APIC, a company owned by Chinese nationals, donated $1.3 million to Jeb Bush’s Super PAC.

Elaine Yu

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Gary Locke, While Obama’s Ambassador to China, Got a Chinese Tycoon to Buy His House

Meet the Chinese Husband-and-Wife Team Whose Company Spent $1.3 Million Trying to Make Jeb Bush President

How a Top GOP Lawyer Guided a Chinese-Owned Company Into U.S. Presidential Politics