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Did the Chinese Regime Take New York City Media for a Ride?

On the heels of his headline-grabbing overture to buy The New York Times, Chinese recycling magnate Chen Guangbiao held a press conference in New York City Tuesday, where he offered donations for a mother and daughter allegedly burned while joining in a self-immolation incident on Tiananmen Square in 2001 whose participants the Chinese government has claimed were Falun Gong practitioners.
Did the Chinese Regime Take New York City Media for a Ride?
Chen Guangbiao sings karaoke at a press conference he called for the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in a hotel in New York City. Lyrics to the song he is singing, in Chinese and English, were projected onto the wall behind him. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times
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On the heels of his headline-grabbing overture to buy The New York Times, Chinese recycling magnate Chen Guangbiao held a press conference in New York City Tuesday, where he offered donations for a mother and daughter allegedly burned while joining in a self-immolation incident on Tiananmen Square in 2001 whose participants the Chinese government has claimed were Falun Gong practitioners (news).

Unfortunately, it appears this was a trap from the beginning, and most media walked right into it.

Erping Zhang
Erping Zhang
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