Photos Show That Chairman Hu’s Welcomers Were Paid

Hu’s reception had been planned with great care—not only by the White House, but the Chinese Embassy too.
Photos Show That Chairman Hu’s Welcomers Were Paid
Tibetans hold up the photo and chant 'Shame! You were paid!' Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times
Matthew Robertson
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/2757b_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/2757b_medium.jpg" alt="A photograph of a photograph that shows money being apportioned to several individuals in the welcoming group mobilized for Chairman Hu Jintao's visit. A woman in a brown coat on the left is holding a name list, while a man in a black jacket stands in front of her with a handful of cash. The photograph was taken surreptitiously by a Tibetan activist and shared with The Epoch Times. This image is a photograph of the original image the Tibetans took. (Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times )" title="A photograph of a photograph that shows money being apportioned to several individuals in the welcoming group mobilized for Chairman Hu Jintao's visit. A woman in a brown coat on the left is holding a name list, while a man in a black jacket stands in front of her with a handful of cash. The photograph was taken surreptitiously by a Tibetan activist and shared with The Epoch Times. This image is a photograph of the original image the Tibetans took. (Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times )" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-119251"/></a>
A photograph of a photograph that shows money being apportioned to several individuals in the welcoming group mobilized for Chairman Hu Jintao's visit. A woman in a brown coat on the left is holding a name list, while a man in a black jacket stands in front of her with a handful of cash. The photograph was taken surreptitiously by a Tibetan activist and shared with The Epoch Times. This image is a photograph of the original image the Tibetans took. (Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times )
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/2757a_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/2757a_medium.jpg" alt="A Tibetan activist holds up the photo of the money exchange. (Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times )" title="A Tibetan activist holds up the photo of the money exchange. (Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times )" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-119252"/></a>
A Tibetan activist holds up the photo of the money exchange. (Lisa Fan/The Epoch Times )
Matthew Robertson
Matthew Robertson
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Matthew Robertson is the former China news editor for The Epoch Times. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in Washington, D.C. In 2013 he was awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for coverage of the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience.
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