Chinese donor sounds like '96 (1996 and 2008 are both "Year of the Rat")

wash times ^ | 9-4-07 | Gertz

[doug from upland]

Article published Sep 4, 2007 Chinese donor sounds like '96

September 4, 2007

By Bill Gertz - Questionable donations to Democratic officials and presidential candidates from a Chinese-American businessman highlight past concerns over Chinese political influence-buying operations.

Apparel executive Norman Hsu, who turned himself in last week to authorities in California to face fraud charges, donated more than $1 million to senior Democrats, including the presidential campaigns of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois.

Mr. Hsu, a native of Hong Kong, has not been linked to any foreign government, and the fraud charges are unrelated to campaign contributions. It is not known whether federal investigators are looking into his donations, most of which were made since 2003.

Mrs. Clinton, who gave $23,000 of Mr. Hsu's money to charity, said last week that the case does not appear similar to the 1996 scandal involving a covert effort by China's government to funnel money to President Clinton's re-election campaign.

[Navy Patriot]

so it's a different scandal.

Yep, all new scandal, and she took all new money.