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New York Times runs pro-China op-ed defending hostile takeover of Hong Kong

October 03, 2020 - advertorials by Chinese state-owned broadsheet People’s Daily on its website – advertorials that it eventually took down in August. (Related: NYT quietly scrubs Chinese propaganda.)“One country, two systems” continually ignored by Beijing

Despite the “one country, two systems” principle in place in Hong Kong, Beijing has continually asserted its control over the island ever since the British returned it. The CCP has imprisoned a number of high-profile supporters ...

Voice of the CCP? USA Today takes money from Beijing-linked newspaper to push communist propaganda in America

June 08, 2022 - advertorials that run both in print and online. However, human rights groups have slammed MSM publications for allowing "China Watch" pieces – which present a favorable view of China – to run.

On one hand, USA Today's choice to accept advertising money from China Daily was a practical decision following a steep decline in readership. The L.A. Times and Time magazine also faced the same predicament, with declines in subscriptions and advertising revenue making the CCP-owned ...

American newspapers were paid millions to push Communist Chinese Party propaganda

November 28, 2020 - advertorials from 2016 through April 2020.

In  2020 alone, The WSJ received $461,489 in advertising revenue from China Daily.

"China Watch," the inserts provided by China Daily, have been filled with pro-Beijing lies

China Daily's inserts, which are entitled "China Watch," have typically offered a pro-Beijing spin in regards to the Chinese economy, their culture and/or China's world views in politics.

The WSJ actually keeps  a website of its ...

NYT quietly scrubs Chinese propaganda

August 05, 2020 - advertorials since 2019 but did not clarify whether the Post formally terminated its relationship with the propaganda outlet.

Yaqiu Wang, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, urged other U.S. media outlets to follow the Times‘s example. "If you care about the truth, then don’t participate in the Chinese government's machinery of propaganda, censorship, and repression," she said.

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Beijing influencing media outlets in a bid to create a more positive reputation for China

September 15, 2022 -

A Sept. 8 report from Freedom House titled "Beijing's Global Media Influence" showed the extent of this campaign. It revealed that the Chinese regime and its proxies were using "more sophisticated, covert and coercive tactics" to propagate pro-Beijing narratives, spread disinformation, and block unfavorable news.

Freedom House President Michael J. Abramowitz said in a press release that Beijing is "doubling down on its campaign to control how it is portrayed in the ...

Beijing using US newspapers to push “insidious” narratives, says China affairs expert

December 30, 2020 -

The advertorials, called China Watch, were paid for by Chinese state-run English language paper China Daily. They typically contain articles with a pro-Beijing slant that tackle U.S.-China relations, the Chinese economy and Chinese culture. According to Chang, the China Watch inserts allow the regime to propagate its own narratives to American readers.

The China affairs expert gave one example: The Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times from carried a China ...