‘Beijing Is Doubling Down’: Report Warns China’s Media Influence Efforts in US Are ‘Very High’

‘Beijing Is Doubling Down’: Report Warns China’s Media Influence Efforts in US Are ‘Very High’
A paid China Daily newspaper box is with other free daily papers in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 6, 2017. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified efforts to influence the media in the United States as part of a multibillion-dollar global campaign to shape public opinion in its favor, according to a new report.

Freedom House in its “Beijing’s Global Media Influence” report released on Sept. 8 found that the Chinese regime and its proxies were using “more sophisticated, covert, and coercive tactics” to propagate pro-Beijing narratives, spread disinformation, and stamp out unfavorable news.

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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