{"id":1992349,"date":"2023-08-06T07:52:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T11:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-has-paid-major-campaign-cash-to-score-ads-in-chinese-foreign-agent-newspaper\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T11:54:49","slug":"congress-has-paid-major-campaign-cash-to-score-ads-in-chinese-foreign-agent-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-has-paid-major-campaign-cash-to-score-ads-in-chinese-foreign-agent-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress paid significant campaign funds for advertisements in a Chinese foreign agent newspaper."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcongress-has-paid-major-campaign-cash-to-score-ads-in-chinese-foreign-agent-newspaper%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=1992349&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--><h2>Members of Congress Paying Chinese-Owned Newspaper as Foreign Agent<\/h2>\n<p>For over \u2064a \u200cdecade, members of Congress have\u200c been\u200c making substantial \u2064campaign payments to a Chinese-owned\u200b newspaper that\u200c the Department of Justice (DOJ)\u200b has required \u200dto \u2062register as a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">foreign agent<\/a>. Campaign finance \u2064disclosures reviewed\u2062 by\u2062 the Washington\u2063 Examiner reveal \u2064that eight Democratic\u2062 and Republican politicians have collectively paid over $41,500 between 2011\u2062 and 2023 for advertisements \u200din Sing Tao U.S. This newspaper, a\u2062 subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Sing Tao News\u200c Corporation, reported itself as a foreign agent engaged in &#8220;political activity&#8221;\u200b in 2021, according to\u200d DOJ filings under\u2062 the Foreign Agents Registration Act.<\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s \u200bInfluence in the United States<\/h3>\n<p>These \u200ccash transfers spanning a decade highlight \u2064the growing influence of Chinese entities in the United States. In recent years, the U.S. has increased its \u2064scrutiny of foreign \u2062media and required companies to submit foreign agent reports. Sing Tao U.S., which\u200c operates in \u200bNew York and California,\u2063 disclosed to the DOJ in August 2021 that over half of its content has been\u200d purchased by the Chinese-based Star Production (Shenzhen) Limited.<\/p>\n<p>The Council \u200bon\u2063 Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank,\u2064 describes China&#8217;s government as having one of\u200d the &#8220;world&#8217;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-among-politicians-including-a-republican-to-send-campaign-cash-to-chinese-foreign-agent\/\" title=\"AOC Among Politicians \u2013 Including a Republican \u2013 To Send Campaign Cash to Chinese Foreign Agent\">restrictive media environments<\/a>,&#8221; relying on censorship to control information. Sing Tao Daily, the city&#8217;s\u2064 oldest Chinese language newspaper, has \u2063long been considered a pro-Beijing outlet and reportedly has ties to\u2063 China&#8217;s National Committee of the Chinese People&#8217;s Political Consultative Conference.<\/p>\n<h3>Lawmakers Tied to Sing Tao<\/h3>\n<p>One lawmaker connected to Sing Tao \u200bis Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), whose campaign paid over $2,800 between 2011 and\u200b 2015 for &#8220;newspaper advertising.&#8221; Eshoo claims that these payments may not have been listed \u2062correctly on the Federal Election Commission website and that her lawyers\u2062 are investigating the matter. She suggests that\u2063 the payments may\u200c be more accurately categorized as nonfederal committee\u200c expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Another lawmaker who paid Sing Tao\u2062 is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY),\u200b whose campaign allocated $442 in\u2063 May for &#8220;print advertising.&#8221; Previously, her campaign had paid a total of $5,000 between 2020 and 2022 \u200dfor various purposes, including \u200bvaccination ads and general advertising.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Grace Meng\u200b (D-NY), \u2064who has \u2064faced criticism from Republicans for alleged ties \u200bto \u2062a CCP operative, paid Sing Tao $1,000 in November 2022 for\u200d a &#8220;print advertisement.&#8221; Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) directed $7,300 to Sing\u200c Tao\u200d in October 2022 for\u200c &#8220;print ads,&#8221; \u200dwhile Rep. Kevin Mullin \u200b(D-CA)\u2063 paid $1,440 for &#8220;newspaper\u200d ads&#8221; in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Other politicians, such as Sen. Bernie \u200cSanders (I-VT), Rep. Ed Royce \u200c(R-CA), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren\u200d (D-MA), have also \u2064made payments to Sing Tao for \u2063advertising purposes.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns and \u2064Lack of Response<\/h3>\n<p>Michael Sobolik, an Indo-Pacific studies fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council think tank, expresses concern over American politicians paying Chinese\u2064 foreign \u2064agents for \u2063advertising. He believes it gives the impression of not \u2063caring about Beijing&#8217;s malign influence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2062 these revelations, the Ocasio-Cortez, Meng,\u200d Malliotakis, Mullin, Warren, and Sanders Senate campaigns have not responded to requests for comment. \u200bRep. Ed\u2064 Royce, who is now a policy director at the\u2064 lobbying \u2064and law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber \u2063Schreck, has also\u2062 not provided a response. Royce registered\u2062 as a foreign agent for \u200bSaudi Arabia in 2021 and has lobbied for other countries, including\u200b Egypt, according to DOJ filings.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2062crucial for lawmakers to \u2064be transparent and\u200c cautious \u2062when engaging with\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-has-paid-major-campaign-cash-to-score-ads-in-chinese-foreign-agent-newspaper\/\" title=\"Congress paid significant campaign funds for advertisements in a Chinese foreign agent newspaper.\">foreign-owned\u2064 media outlets<\/a>, especially\u2064 those that have registered\u200d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-is-fast-tracking-sidney-powells-request-for-a-forensic-exam-of-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Federal Court Is Fast-Tracking Sidney Powell\u2019s Request For A Forensic Exam Of Dominion Voting Machines\">foreign agents<\/a>. The influence of foreign\u200d entities on American \u2062politics should be carefully \u2064scrutinized to protect the integrity of the democratic\u200b process.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more\u200b from the Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Congress have been making substantial campaign payments to Sing Tao U.S., a Chinese-owned newspaper, for more than a decade. The Department of Justice compelled the newspaper to register as a foreign agent. Between 2011 and 2023, eight Democratic and Republican politicians collectively paid over $41,500 for advertisements in Sing Tao U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992349","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=1992349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}