 Thereafter, Xu reportedly sent materials related to the overseas loan schemes to various media outlets.Journalist Luo Changping asserted in "Datieji", a chronicle about the investigation into Liu Tienan, that Liu was part of a "secret society" style political alliance known as the "Xishan Society".The group was said to have been gathering in the western hills of Beijing since 2007 and consisted of high officials with ties to Shanxi province.