Shouldn't be surprised. They had loads of bad press and then learned. Their first step was to give bogus jobs to prominent democratic politicos -- like BeijingBiden, Kerry's kid, etc. That is as good as a direct bribe, but if you get caught the MSM will provide cover -- especially if checks have been routed to the MSM.
I'd be willing to bet that every politico that was for DJTrump's impeachment was already on the payroll of such foreign gov'mts.
Progressives (Democrats) are too dumb to have noticed.