Liu Chaoying

According to The Washington Post,Washington Post [https://web.archive.org/web/20120405095205/http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/players/chung.htm "Campaign Finance Key Player: Johnny Chung"], The Washington Post, May 21, 1998 Johnny Chung met Liu in June 1996 through mutual business contacts in Hong Kong. Liu was looking for a foothold in Western markets. When she visited the U.S. in July 1996, Chung introduced her to Bill Clinton at a Los Angeles fund raiser. She and Chung also paid a call on the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, a meeting arranged by Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, another recipient of Chung's illegal contributions. On the agenda: the procedure for getting a foreign firm listed on American stock exchanges. On August 9, 1996, Liu and Chung formed Marswell Investment, a Los Angeles corporation that issued 50,000 shares of stock—30,000 for Liu, 20,000 for Chung. And within days, Liu wired $300,000 into Chung's account at a Hong Kong bank, a source familiar with the case told Time. Most of it was for their new business venture; some went to the D.N.C. Between 1994 and 1996, Chung donated $366,000 to the Democratic National Committee. Eventually, all of the money was returned. Chung told federal investigators that $35,000 of the money he donated came from China's military intelligence.

The relationship between Liu and Chung became increasingly apparent to officials within the intelligence community, and specifically with regards to U.S. National Security Council (NSC) aide Robert Suettinger, when Chung befriended former Lt. Col. Liu Chaoying during a Commerce Department trade mission to China.

Johnny Chung later testified under oath to the U.S. House Committee in May 1999 that he was introduced to Chinese general Ji Shengde, then head of China's military intelligence, by Liu Chaoying. Chung said that Ji told him: "We like your president very much. We would like to see him reelect {{sic}}. I will give you 300,000 U.S. dollars. You can give it to the president and the Democrat {{sic}} Party."Johnston, David, [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/12/us/committee-told-of-beijing-cash-for-democrats.html "Committee Told Of Beijing Cash For Democrats "], The New York Times, May 12, 1999 Both Liu and the Chinese government denied the claims.[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/21/china.money/ "Chinese Aerospace Official Denies Giving To Dems"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524033516/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/21/china.money/ |date=2008-05-24 }}, CNN.com, May 21, 1998

Ren Min Bao (人民報) Ren Min Bao,[http://renminbao.com/rmb/articles/2001/2/14/11708.html "倘若刘华清也誓死保卫江主席，刘超英会不会又化险为夷?"], 人民報, February 14, 2001{{reliable source|date=July 2017}} reported that "Liu Chaoying, together with a business partner, were litigated by The Kwangtung Provincial Bank in January 2001, which filed civil proceedings in the Hong Kong High Court, alleging that Liu Chaoying and another unnamed businesswoman were the principals involved in a defaulted HK $10 million loan, as loan guarantor, and it ruled that the two are the responsible parties for the loan's repayment."

Sheri Yan and her husband Roger Uren, a former Office of National Assessments (ONA) official, were investigated by ASIO on suspicion of spying for China.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/investigations/secret-asio-raid-uncovered-classified-documents-in-power-couples-canberra-apartment-20170602-gwjbrm.html |title=Secret ASIO raid uncovered classified documents in power couple's Canberra apartment |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605144526/http://www.smh.com.au/national/investigations/secret-asio-raid-uncovered-classified-documents-in-power-couples-canberra-apartment-20170602-gwjbrm.html |archive-date=5 June 2017 |first1=Nick |last1=McKenzie |first2=Daniel |last2=Flitton |first3=Chris |last3=Uhlmann |first4=Richard |last4=Baker |date=5 June 2017}} Uren, former Assistant Secretary responsible for the Asia section of ONA, was found to have removed documents pertaining to Chinese intelligence operations in Australia, and kept them in his apartment. Yan was suspected of undertaking influence operations on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, and introducing Colonel Liu Chaoying to Australian contacts.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/investigations/charges-loom-for-ex-intelligence-official-roger-uren-after-asio-raid-20170727-gxjrks.html |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |quote=Fairfax Media has confirmed one of Yan's contacts was a Chinese military intelligence operative and reputed arms broker, Colonel Liu Chaoying. Yan introduced Colonel Liu to her Australian network, including a wealthy Australian businessman who took Colonel Liu on several dinner dates. |title=Charges loom for ex-intelligence official Roger Uren after ASIO raid |first1=Nick |last1=McKenzie |first2=Richard |last2=Baker |date=29 July 2017 |access-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731092414/http://www.smh.com.au/national/investigations/charges-loom-for-ex-intelligence-official-roger-uren-after-asio-raid-20170727-gxjrks.html |archive-date=31 July 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |publisher=Yahoo News |title=Canberra couple subject of ASIO raid |date=5 June 2017 |author=Australian Associated Press |quote=A Fairfax Media and Four Corners investigation reports the raid targeted Sheri Yan and former Australian diplomat Roger Uren, over allegations she was involved in operations for the Chinese Communist Party. |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/35756007/canberra-couple-subject-of-asio-raid/#page1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605204344/https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/35756007/canberra-couple-subject-of-asio-raid/ |archive-date=5 June 2017|author-link=Australian Associated Press }}

Liu is the daughter of former PLA General Liu Huaqing, and her elder brother, Liu Zhuoming, is a vice admiral of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. She was formerly married to Pan Yue.Johnson, Thomas 2009: [https://core.ac.uk/reader/40053869 Extending Environmental Governance: China’s Environmental State and Civil Society] p.210. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

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