Beijing Seeks to Control Media Voices Outside China

Jan Jekielek (L), senior editor at The Epoch Times, and Xiao Qiang, founder and editor-in-chief of China Digital Times, at "The Chinese Communist Party’s influence on media outside China" at Freedom House's annual event "China’s Global Challenge to Democratic Freedom" at the Hudson Institute in Washington on Oct. 24, 2018. York Du/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—As part of its global challenge to democratic freedom, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is making a systematic effort to spread propaganda and to suppress undesirable voices both inside and outside of China, a panel of journalists and experts said at a symposium staged by Freedom House.