Hooda, brother, all those Chinese entities mentioned in the article are among the most active PE investors in the world. They give billions and billions to small PE shops who have no Bidens on their boards. So it passes the smell test because it is verifiably true. Some half azzed scandal shopped around to every news agency until the NY Post finally bit has smell test problems on its face. Chinese investments in PE firms of all sizes and vintages are verifiable facts of life that need no smell test.

And newsflash - 1.5 billion is a pittance to them - a rounding error.