Bill Clinton, China linked via his foundation

[davidinalameda]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-clintonchina13apr13,0,499290.story

As Chinese authorities have clamped down on unrest in Tibet and jailed dissidents in advance of the 2008 Olympics, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has taken a strong public stance, calling for restraint in Tibet and urging President Bush to boycott the Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing.

But her recent stern comments on China's internal crackdown collide with former President Bill Clinton's fundraising relationship with a Chinese Internet company accused of collaborating with the mainland government's censorship of the Web. Last month, the firm, Alibaba Inc., carried a government-issued "most wanted" posting on its Yahoo China homepage, urging viewers to provide information on Tibetan activists suspected of stirring recent riots.

Alibaba, which took over Yahoo's China operation in 2005 as part of a billion-dollar deal with the U.S.-based search engine, arranged for the former president to speak to a conference of Internet executives in Hangzhou in September 2005. Instead of taking his standard speaking fees, which have ranged from $100,000 to $400,000, Clinton accepted an unspecified private donation from Alibaba to his international charity, the William J. Clinton Foundation.

[grantcart]

1. really Bill if you could get $ 800,000 from Colombia you should have held out

for 10 million from China.

[fujiyama]

2. I'm starting to hate him more every day

Him and his wife are just truly awful people...

[guyanakoolaid]

3. Dance, Bill, dance!

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

4. wonder what foreign countries haven't given Bill money?

thats something to worry about.

[johnnydrama]

6. which countries don't give to Bill?

The ones that believe in Democracy? Which countries do we have giving so far? UAE. Saudi Arabia. China. Colombia.

[Zachstar]

5. So what about this Clinton?

Gonna hope it just goes away?