Yang appeared to be uninvolved with politics prior to 2015 , when she " made some small donations " to the presidential campaign of Jeb Bush . She attended the 2016 Republican National Convention , and in 2017 attended the inauguration of Donald Trump , and began both attending fundraising events and raising funds for Trump . , it was reported that Yang and family members " have donated almost $ 60,000 to the Trump campaign and the Trump Victory super-PAC " . In December 2017 , Yang arranged for two Chinese tech executives , Ryan Xu and Lucas Lu , to be photographed with Trump at a Republican National Committee ( RNC ) event in New York City where such photographs cost 50,000 dollars each . In February 2018 , Yang attended an event at the White House for Trump 's Asian American and Pacific Islander Initiative
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
Li "Cindy" Yang