Despite the U.S. government’s current eye on China, Beijing is still pulling out tricks to lobby influence with Americans. One of its most recent tactics tapping into local media.
China Daily, the Chinese Communist Party’s top propaganda outlet, is paying big bucks for ads in over a dozen U.S. newspapers and these ads look very much like opinion articles.
Among the newspapers printing them are some of the most influential publications: Time Magazine, the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, and the Los Angeles Times.