‘Unfortunate’: Chinese Communist Party adviser scored VIP Trump dinner

A Chinese tech executive with ties to a Communist Party advisory body was given VIP access to a Trump-hosted cryptocurrency dinner and White House tour, raising new questions surrounding national security and ethics in the White House, the New York Times reported Friday.

The buyer, He Tianying, is a delegate of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference – an official advisory body that serves to extend the influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Times found in an examination of government documents in China.