Ms. Gu, using the name Horus Kai, which she used in her foreign business dealings and on a book she wrote, and Mr. Devillers also are both listed as directors of a company called Adad Ltd that was set up in the town of Poole, near Bournemouth, in 2000 and dissolved in 2003, according to the British public records.

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She visits at least twice a year with Li and is involved in recruiting top administrators such as Peihua Gu, a 16-year University of Calgary engineering scholar who is academic vice president.

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