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Chinese Propaganda Outlet Has Paid US Newspapers $19 Million For Advertising, Printing

//One of China’s main propaganda outlets has paid American newspapers nearly $19 million for advertising and printing expenses over the past four years, according to documents filed with the Justice Department.

//China Daily, an English-language newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, has paid more than $4.6 million to The Washington Post and nearly $6 million to The Wall Street Journal since November 2016, the records show.

//China Daily also paid for advertising in several other newspapers: The New York Times ($50,000), Foreign Policy ($240,000), The Des Moines Register ($34,600) and CQ-Roll Call ($76,000).

//It spent a total of $11,002,628 on advertising in U.S. newspapers, and another $265,822 on advertising with Twitter.

//Pro-democracy groups have long warned about the Chinese government’s attempts to push propaganda through American news outlets. Freedom House and the Hoover Institution have both drawn attention to China Daily’s paid inserts in reports on the Chinese government’s efforts to influence the media.

//China Daily and other Beijing-controlled propaganda mills have come under intense scrutiny amid the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese government officials have tried to divert blame for the spread of the virus to the United States and other Western nations. Many of the regime-controlled outlets, including China Daily, have echoed the communist leaders’ talking points.

Full article: Daily Caller, (08-Jun)

#ChinesePropaganda #US #Media #CCP

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Beijing softened rhetoric after being attacked repeatedly by the US but critics believes it is only stopgap
 
(10 Aug) As the U.S. and China confrontation continues to escalate and expand its scope, China urgently adjusts its strategy - abandoning wolf warrier diplomacy and adopting a more flexible policy. The Chinese media and major propaganda channels have been ordered to change anti-U.S. propaganda slogans to advocate cooperation to achieve a win-win relationship.  Many people in the media industry believe that this is only an expedient measure of the Communist Party of China (CCP), and the nature of the CCP has not changed. 

//prohibit verbal abuse and attacks on the United States... so as not to trigger a greater backlash... defuse the aggressive offensive from the Trump administration.

//Without this idiot, it is impossible to be in this situation

//the sudden change of Hua's words could not be her personal will but the direction from the government.

//this is a consistent practice of the Communist Party".

//CCP's sudden change of tone was only towards the US. CCP currently adopted an even more aggressive approach to the United Kingdom and European countries.

Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Beijing-softened-rhetoric-after-being-attacked-repeatedly-by-the-US-but-critics-believes-it-is-only-stopgap-08-21

Source: Radio Free Asia
Transited by: Hong Kong Echo

#China #US #Relationship #Xi #CCP #expedientmeasure #Diplomacy #ChinesePropaganda

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“Fake news” - China News Agency Xinhua deliberately reported disinformation of protest in Minsk

(16 Aug) China official state-run News Agency, Xinhua, reported a mass rally held in Minsk, Capital of Belarus, supporting government on 16 August. Around 70 thousand people gathered in Independence Square, Minsk. Pro-government camp organised the protest showing their support to the government, Alexander Lukashenko, and prosperity and peace of the country. Mr Lukashenko said on the scene no vote-rigging in the election of the president and not instigating people for violence. He continued that army of Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been already garrisoned at the border of Belarus and the country will be turmoil if re-election of the president.

The presidential election of Belarus held on 9 August with five candidates including the incumbent president, Alexander Lukashenko. The Central Election Commission finalised the result on 14 August and announced Mr Lukshenko won with 80.1% votes.

Editor’s Note: News in many western media such as the Guardians, BBC, CNN, etc., reported that tens of thousands gathered in Minsk for the biggest protest in Belarus history against the government.

Source: The Guardian, Xinhau News
Summary by: Hong Kong Echo

Further reading:
Beijing softened rhetoric after being attacked repeatedly by the US but critics believes it is only stopgap
https://telegra.ph/Beijing-softened-rhetoric-after-being-attacked-repeatedly-by-the-US-but-critics-believes-it-is-only-stopgap-08-21
Thanks to our motherland
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/23993

#Belarua #Protest #Minsk #FakeNews #Xinhua #ChinesePropaganda

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China’s view on Czech the Republic

Editor’s note: Below is an article published by official Sina Military account on Weibo about Czechoslovakia, likely a “return” to Crzech’s visit to Taiwan.

(2 Sep) The Munich Agreement was signed on 30 Sep 1938 by Germany, UK, France, and Italy to permit the annexation of the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia into Germany in order to avoid war. At that time, Czechoslovakia had in fact a very well-developed military industry but it had chosen to let other countries decide its destiny. This shows the stupidity and plight of small countries in international politics when they attach themselves to superpowers.

#sinamilitaryvideo
#warmemory
#wangyiwarnsczechyouhavecrosstheline

Source: Weibo
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

#Czech #CCP #ChinesePropaganda

Twitter Bans Trump but Condones China's Propaganda, Netizens Say

Twitter announced on Friday (January 8) that it has permanently blocked Donald Trump's personal account (@realDonaldTrump) with the concerns of the risks of further incitement to violence. The practice has aroused heated debate among netizens, many of whom say that banning speech is a common tactic used by the Chinese Communist Party, criticizing Silicon Valley for turning into the Chinese Communist Party. Twitter has not seen any major action even when Chinese official media and Foreign Ministry spokesperson use the platform to make propaganda or even send out fake news.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying posted a short video about COVID-19 on her Twitter account (@SpokespersonCHN) on Friday (January 8), saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words. Fighting #COVID19, a memory that will not be forgotten.” The video was viewed more than 7,000 times in just two hours, with more than 300 people giving Like and more than 50 comments. Most of the comments praised China for its greatness, happiness for its people and rejuvenation for its nation. Some even thanked China for "leading the world" in the fight against the virus. But Twitter does not put on the fact-check tag in the feed.

Another Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, became notorious last May when his Twitter account (@zlj517) cited a report from the official media Global Times that the U.S. military brought the COVID-19 into China. Twitter added a fact-check tag to it without deleting the post or the Global Times report. In last December, Zhao further antagonized China-Australia relation by uploading a fake picture of an Australian soldier. But his Twitter account is still up and running.

Source: Apple Daily #Jan09

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210109/Q573KZC75VGWHK5HM46WDQW5VU/

#Twitter #TwitterCensorship #PoliticalCensorshipinUS #USPresident #DonaldTrump #ChinesePropaganda #CCPPropaganda #ChineseForeignMinistry #HuaChunying #ZhaoLijian #COVID19 #GlobalTimes

Congress gets #ChinesePropaganda on a daily basis. #ChinaDaily, a CCP mouthpiece media, is sent to the Capitol along with other newspapers. A Republican congressman is issuing his concerns.
🔥WATCH HERE👉https://youtu.be/0xfTJzxCOBM

Facebook and Twitter are taking action on accounts linked to #ChinesePropaganda campaigns. Thousands have already been removed.

Hundreds of #Taiwan nationals abroad are being extradited every year—not to Taiwan, but to China. And it’s all linked to Beijing's "One China policy."

🔥WATCH HERE👉https://youtu.be/ngbQYz_G5JQ

In a blow to the #ChinesePropaganda machine, Facebook removed hundreds more accounts linked to a #ChineseFirm. This company created a fake public figure this summer—a Swiss biologist.

🔶Watch the full episode👉https://youtu.be/ngbQYz_G5JQ

In a blow to the #ChinesePropaganda machine, Facebook removed hundreds more accounts linked to a #ChineseFirm. This company created a fake public figure this summer—a Swiss biologist.

🔶Watch the full episode👉https://youtu.be/ngbQYz_G5JQ