Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, facing possible extradition to the US, got support from protesters at the court house. One of the protesters said he was paid to appear and had been told it was for a music video.

It's not only Chinese businesses that do this sort of thing. Not long ago, Senator Warren spoke to a group of black voters and met with a protest organized (though they didn't publicly say so) by an organization that campaigns for charter schools. I suspect that organization is funded somehow by businesses that extract money from charter schools.