Bill Clinton, China linked via his foundation

[babylonsister]

Bill Clinton, China linked via his foundation

A firm that has donated to the president's charity is accused of collaborating with the government in its crackdown on Tibetan activists. Hillary Clinton has spoken out against China's actions.

By Stephen Braun, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 13, 2008


NEW YORK -- 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.

The former president's charity has raised more than $500 million over the last decade and has been lauded for its roles in disaster response, AIDS prevention and Third World medical and poverty relief. But his reliance on influential foreign donors and his foundation's refusal to release its list of donors have led to repeated questions about the sources and transparency of his fundraising -- even as Hillary Clinton has talked on the campaign trail about relying on him as a roving international ambassador if she is elected president.

Foreign contributions to American-based charities are allowed under U.S. law, but political and philanthropy ethics advocates worry that Bill Clinton's reliance on international businesses and foreign governments to finance his worldwide charity campaigns raise issues of potential conflicts of interest if he were to take an active role in his wife's administration.


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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-clintonchina13apr13,1,2958700.story

[OhioChick]

1. K&R

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[babylonsister]

2. I have to kick this; Hill is now bashing China while her hubby rakes

it in. There's something wrong with this picture.

[OhioChick]

3. Damn right something's wrong with that picture. n/t

[babylonsister]

4. Hmmm. At least we know about this, OhioChick.

:pals:

[OhioChick]

5. Yep. Me, You and the Crickets.

:rofl:

:hug:

[mod mom]

6. Exiled Chinese Activist, Harry Wu: "This is a shame of the U.S.,"

"A former president of the United States received a donation from a Chinese firm that is involved in censorship, and now his wife is running for president. This is a shame of the U.S.," said Harry Wu, an exiled Chinese activist based in Washington.

[babylonsister]

8. And she's bad mouthing the Chinese frequently today, while

there's this little nugget about Bill in the paper today. Go figure.

[cliffordu]

7. Yep, this stinks - I'll kick it - maybe a couple times!

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[babylonsister]

9. Thanks!

:hi:

[cliffordu]

10. You're welcome,

And here's another anti cricket kick!!!!


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:patriot:





Edited for smilie nonsense.....:~)

[cliffordu]

11. My foot's getting tired, but I don't care. People need to see

more than character assasination on this board...


:kick:

[babylonsister]

12. Thanks for the help, and for your reading pleasure, I give you

the big dawg and the UAE:


http://www.jedreport.com/2008/04/not-just-colomb.html

This guy is sleazy. Rich, but sleazy.

[cliffordu]

13. Thanks.....You find great resources, BabylonSister!!!

:patriot:



I mean the Jed report.....

[Earth_First]

14. GDP n/t

[babylonsister]

15. Bill Clinton is not running. nt

[bvar22]

16. Thanks for digging out this little nugget.

Add it to money from Colombia "Free Traders" and the UAE......the Clintons are running with a bad crowd.
The donor list to the Clinton library will be intresting.

[babylonsister]

18. IF the list is ever released; I have my doubts. nt

[OzarkDem]

17. Obama also linked through his Rezko connections

:shrug:

[bobthedrummer]

19. A Know Your DLC kick

[bobthedrummer]

20. Kick and a repost of a flpoljunkie thread

"Huffpo: Bill Clinton's Ties to Colombia Trade Deal Stronger Than Even Penn's" (started 4-8-2008)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5427854

And a repost of one of my threads from March 7, 2008
"Inconvenient truths about the New Democrats, the Third Way, Democratic Leadership Council, etc."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2973191

Know your DLC.