A Chinese businessman with deep connections to the Chinese Communist Party has funneled at least $65,000 into Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s campaign for governor of New Jersey, according to public filings.
Pin Ni, founder of Wanxiang America Corporation, made two donations totaling $60,000 this year to the One Giant Leap super PAC, which backs Sherrill in her race against Republican Jack Ciattarelli. He also contributed the maximum legal amount of $5,800 directly to Sherrill’s campaign in June, according to a report by The New York Post.
Federal law limits political donations to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. While Ni’s precise immigration status is unclear, records indicate he holds a Social Security number.
Ni has a history of supporting Sherrill financially, having donated $14,500 to her congressional campaigns over the past two election cycles. His firm, Wanxiang America, is the U.S. subsidiary of the Wanxiang Group, a vast Chinese conglomerate that dominates the country’s auto-parts industry.
The company’s late founder, Lu Guanqiu, was publicly recognized as a model Communist Party member in a 2021 announcement. “The donor, Pin Ni, has an extensive history of assisting the CCP’s political warfare and influence operations upon the U.S., and of generally aligning with and carrying out party commands,” Michael Lucci, CEO of State Armor, a nonprofit devoted to countering CCP influence in American institutions, told the newspaper. Lucci called the acceptance of Ni’s money “disqualifying,” arguing it allows him to “buy into the political influence game.”
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama has previously spotlighted the Wanxiang Group’s political ties, noting in a 2023 letter that Guanqiu served both as a Communist Party representative and as a delegate to the National People’s Congress. Tuberville’s correspondence raised concerns about the company’s relationships with American corporations.
Multiple Democrats have been accused of being affiliated with China over the past couple of years, as new reports reveal troubling links between party figures and organizations connected to Beijing. At the center of the controversy is Rep. Grace Meng of New York, whose attendance at a 2008 Queens banquet honoring a senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official has reignited scrutiny of her ties. Speaking in Mandarin at the event, Meng referred to CCP Central Committee member Lin Jun as “our chairman” and thanked him for his “leadership,” according to footage reviewed by investigators. Lin headed the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, which the U.S. Department of Justice classifies as part of a Chinese intelligence network known as the United Front Work Department.
The growing concern extends well beyond Meng. Federal prosecutors recently charged Linda Sun, a former top aide to New York governors Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul, for allegedly accepting gifts, travel, and luxury items from Chinese officials—including repeated deliveries of salted duck—in exchange for suppressing Taiwan’s access to state leaders and muting criticism of Beijing’s human rights abuses. Meanwhile, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, now the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, has faced renewed backlash for past remarks seemingly praising China’s communist system as one of equality and shared provision. Taken together, these episodes have intensified fears that Chinese influence operations have penetrated American politics—raising profound questions about loyalty, transparency, and the integrity of U.S. governance in an era of escalating rivalry with Beijing.
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