The desire of Beijing to get access and influence with a leader of a G7 country is well documented. We know that foreign influence operations are perpetrated on many countries, if not every country. In this case, we saw that the donation by way of these cut-outs—people acting on behalf—as the wiretap information demonstrated, was going to be refunded by the CCP—
On May 3rd, 2023. See this statement in context.