Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University aims to produce journalists adherent to the standards of “Marxist journalism”. Recently, U.S. media revealed that for many years, some American corporations and media outlets have been supporting such training with human and financial resources. The trained journalists have started to work for Bloomberg and other renowned media outlets, spreading the scourge of communism all over the world. However, as U.S.-China relations worsen, U.S. media is gradually taking a stance to cut ties with the CCP.
On July 31, the National Pulse—a conservative U.S. media outlet— exclusively disclosed connections to the Master of Arts in Global Business Journalism, which was established by the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University in 2007. It has attracted many western financial supporters with the aim of training journalists to meet the standards of the CCP.
The financial support came from Bank of America, Bloomberg, consulting giant Deloitte, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Many western mainstream media outlets such as The New York Times, CNN, Financial Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Washington Post have provided “talent, equipment, and internships” as part of a “long history of cooperation” with CCP-controlled Tsinghua University. CNN host Fareed Zakaria and Facebook Vice President Lori Goler, both served as guest lecturers in 2017. On the official Tsinghua University website, the introduction of the School of Journalism and Communication clearly states that it “has been actively exploring the theory and practices of Marxist Journalism to applying the Marxist theory in observing the world, selecting and handling news production.”