Ji Shengde
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Ji Shengde (姬勝德) was a major-general in charge of military intelligence in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China until June 1999 when he was removed from his post after being implicated in a smuggling scandal centered on the Fujian port of Xiamen. Originally Ji was sentenced to death by President Jiang Zemin in mid-2000, but a compromise sentence of 20 years in jail was eventually reached.[1]
Ji was also a major figure in the 1996 United States campaign finance scandal. U.S. Democratic National Committee fund-raiser Johnny Chung testified before U.S. Congress in May 1999 that Ji gave him $300,000 American dollars to donate to President Bill Clinton, the Democratic Party, and to use as he saw fit. Specifically, Chung said:
| “ | The key information relayed to me at this dinner from Ji was the following: 'We really like your President. We hope he will be reelected.' Or 'We like him to be reelected. I will give you $300,000 US. You can give it to -- or use it for your President and Democrat Party.' [2] | ” |
Ji is the son of the late Ji Pengfei who was foreign minister in 1972 when U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China.[3]
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- ^ Wo-Lap Lam, Willy, "How China retreats to attack", CNN.com, May 15, 2001
- ^ Holman, Kwame, "The Price of Access", NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Transcript, PBS, May 11, 1999
- ^ Derbyshire, John, "Lips and Teeth", National Review, July 27, 2000
