{"id":1244166,"date":"2022-01-26T16:53:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1244166"},"modified":"2022-01-26T16:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:53:18","slug":"ap-chief-takes-part-in-olympic-promo-hosted-by-ccp-propaganda-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-chief-takes-part-in-olympic-promo-hosted-by-ccp-propaganda-department\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Chief Takes Part in Olympic Promo Hosted by CCP Propaganda Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fap-chief-takes-part-in-olympic-promo-hosted-by-ccp-propaganda-department%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1244166&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Chinese president Xi Jinping sent congratulatory letter to forum&#8217;s organizers<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Beijing-Olympics-736x517-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beijing-Olympics-e1612387641533.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beijing-Olympics-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beijing-Olympics-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beijing-Olympics-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beijing-Olympics-699x491.jpg 699w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tGetty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/chuck-ross\/\" title=\"Posts by Chuck Ross\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Chuck Ross<\/a> \u2022 January 26, 2022 4:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The president of the Associated Press on Wednesday touted the wire service&#8217;s participation in the Beijing Olympics at a forum hosted by the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s propaganda department.<\/p>\n<p>Daisy Veerasingham spoke virtually at the China Media Group forum, where news organizations detailed their planned coverage for the 2022 Winter Games. China Media Group oversees state-controlled media outlets including China Central Television and China Global Television Network. She expressed excitement for the AP&#8217;s planned coverage while ignoring the controversies surrounding the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>As the head of one of the world&#8217;s biggest news organizations, Veerasingham&#8217;s participation in the forum provided a public relations win for the Chinese government. Human rights groups have called on Olympic sponsors and media broadcasters to boycott the games over China&#8217;s ongoing genocide against Uyghurs. Athletes and journalists have expressed concern the government is requiring them to upload phone apps that track health and travel data. Reporters have been warned to use burner phones in Beijing because of China&#8217;s robust surveillance state.<\/p>\n<p>Veerasingham described a series of tech innovations the AP will use at the games, including 5G technology. Her message dovetailed with China\u2019s promotion of technological developments it hopes to showcase at the event. The Chinese government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/huawei-technology-and-potential-spyware-will-be-everywhere-at-beijing-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selected<\/a> China Unicom Beijing to provide internet service for the Olympics. Unicom, in turn, will use technology developed by Huawei, which the United States has sanctioned because of its threat to national security. iFlytek, another tech firm sanctioned by the United States, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/chinese-company-that-surveils-uyghurs-has-major-role-in-beijing-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official provider<\/a> of translation technology for the games. It has been implicated in surveilling Uyghurs.<\/p>\n<p>During the forum, Huang Kunming, the head of the CCP propaganda department, <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20220127\/7543fa230cb44a1cb2e3e9649e79a352\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> international media outlets to portray the Olympics as &#8220;fantastic, extraordinary, and excellent.&#8221; Chinese president Xi Jinping <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/2022-01-26\/Xi-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-CMG-Forum-178RLEomYZW\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent<\/a> a congratulatory letter to the forum&#8217;s organizers after the event.<\/p>\n<p>Veerasingham gave no indication the AP is cutting back on its coverage of the Olympics, as other news organizations plan to do. ESPN said it will not send journalists to Beijing because of the coronavirus pandemic and the government&#8217;s strict policies regarding people who test positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has mobilized its propaganda agencies to promote the Winter Games and neutralize calls for boycotts. The Chinese consulate in New York City <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-pays-american-influencers-to-promote-beijing-olympics-amid-boycotts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hired<\/a> a public relations firm last month to recruit social media influencers to promote the Olympics and highlight Chinese culture. The Chinese embassy and China Global Television Network <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/what-the-puck-nhls-caps-let-chinese-propagandists-promote-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advertised<\/a> for the Olympics at a Washington Capitals game earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The AP did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Chinese president Xi Jinping sent congratulatory letter to forum&#8217;s organizers  Getty Images  Chuck Ross \u2022 January 26, 2022 4:45 pm The president &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1244166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}