China previously bought its way into several of our Presidential elections. There was a small fraction of media obsession with that story compared to Russia now, for obvious reasons.

2007 LA Times: "Dishwashers, waiters and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton's campaign treasury. In April, a single fundraiser in an area long known for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $380,000. When Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) ran for president in 2004, he received $24,000 from Chinatown."

http://www.latimes.com/la-na-donors19oct19-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_campaign_fi...

https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/07/chinese-illegally-don...