A California family with ties to suspected Chinese intelligence operative Christine Fang donated $4.4 million to Governor Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, and other state and federal politicians, according to a CBS News investigation published on 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-22.
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Family tied to suspected Chinese spy Christine Fang gave $4.4 million to Newsom, other California politicians www.cbsnews.com/news/yin-fam... C.C. Yin's family has donated nearly $3 million to state-level California political causes and an additional $1,455,027 to federal campaigns.
A family tied to a suspected Chinese spy made $4.4 million in donations to California politicians, including Gov. Newsom, a CBS News investigation found. CBS News' Josh Boswell breaks it down.