CCP-linked group paid for dinners, sponsored journeys for main media shops to affect opinions: Report

All main shops in western mainstream media attended non-public dinners and accepted sponsored journeys from Chinese Communist propaganda entrance CUSEF, The National Pulse has reported. According to the report, journalists from CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times and MSNBC have participated in these non-public dinners and sponsored journeys.
The occasions have been organised by the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), a gaggle funded by the Chinese Communist Party, in an effort to garner “favorable coverage” and “disseminate positive messages” concerning China.
Other media organisations are reported to incorporate Forbes, the Financial Times, Newsweek, Bloomberg, Reuters, ABC News, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, AFP, TIME journal, LA Times, The Hill, BBC, and The Atlantic.
As per the report, the connection between the mainstream media and the CUSEF was revealed within the Department of Justice’s Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) filings. A 2014 FARA submitting revealed that over 20 attendees from high western media organizations attended a personal dinner by CUSEF.
Attendees at CUSEF dinner 2014 (Source: National Pulse)
CUSEF is reported to be a CCP initiative based by Tung Chee Hwa. Tung can be the Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a key part of CCP’s United Front.
CUSEF pushes the Chinese Communist Party’s agenda, neutralises opposition: Report
American universities are additionally focused by CUSEF with provides to fund coverage analysis, high-level dialogues, and alternate applications. The goal of the United Front, as per a US Government report, is “to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party.” “The United Front strategy uses a range of methods to influence overseas Chinese communities, foreign governments, and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing’s preferred policies,” it provides.
The CUSEF has been participating in such efforts for properly over a decade. A 2011 FARA submitting highlighted by Axios described how CUSEF got down to “effectively disseminate positive messages to the media, key influencers and opinion leaders, and the general public” concerning China. The Chinese group had an settlement with an American lobbying agency BLJ.
There have been related occasions within the previous years as properly. It is simply pure that such occasions influenced protection by the western media as properly, which has solely been overeager to provide China a move for its function within the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic. It has additionally been morbidly biased towards US President Trump and has unleashed a propaganda battle towards India as properly.
The National Pulse famous, “Following the ongoing pressure campaigns, CUSEF has escaped significant criticism in the corporate press. There have only been a few mentions in broader pieces concerning Chinese Communist Party influence operations on American college campuses.”
Foreign Policy famous in an article, “CUSEF is a registered foreign agent bankrolled by a high-ranking Chinese government official with close ties to a sprawling Chinese Communist Party apparatus that handles influence operations abroad, known as the “united front.””
The article additionally said, “As a registered foreign agent, in 2016 it spent just under $668,000 on lobbying, hiring the Podesta Group and other firms to lobby Congress on the topic of “China-U.S. relations.” The basis has spent $510,000 on lobbying to this point in 2017.” The Podesta Group talked about right here was based by John Podesta and Tony Podesta.
John Podesta served because the White House Chief of Staff to US President Bill Clinton, Counselor to President Obama and the chair of Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign in 2016. He left the lobbying agency in 1993.