The CCP’s Control of its Complex Global Media Apparatus Obscures the Spread of Communist Ideology (Part 3)

On July 11, 2019, Chinese democracy activists in the United States, who came to welcome Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen at her hotel, were physically assaulted by a group of people who identified as "patriots" and carried Chinese red flags. Huang Xiaotang/The Epoch Times

The main problem now is that the U.S. government still needs to find an effective means of restraining the CCP’s influence operations. Due to the language barrier, Washington or American media still needs to fully understand what is happening in the Chinese community, the scale, and the covert and complex media strategies of China’s foray into overseas markets.

Since the Hong Kong businessman and CPPCC (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) member Ho Chu Kwok acquired Sing Tao Daily in 2001, the paper’s stance has become pro-Beijing. The New York edition of Sing Tao Daily’s coverage of China’s affairs is provided by the Hong Kong headquarters, and its content always supports Beijing. More than half of its American coverage content comes from Star Productions, a Chinese company in Shenzhen, China.