Natalie Winters
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The full list follows a National Pulse expos\u00e9<\/a> on the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), founded by the Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which has been identified by the U.S.-China Security and Economic Review Commission as a key component of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s United Work Front.<\/p>\n The effort, according to the U.S. government\u00a0report<\/a>, aims to \u201cto co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party\u201d and \u201cinfluence overseas Chinese communities, foreign governments, and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing\u2019s preferred policies.\u201d<\/p>\n Evidenced through the Department of Justice\u2019s Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) filings, a relationship spanning over a decade between establishment media outlets and CUSEF can be discerned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n With the assistance of BLJ, CUSEF has sponsored trips to China for the following outlets with the explicit goal of \u201ceffectively disseminat[ing] positive messages to the media, key influencers, and opinion leaders, and the general public\u201d according to FARA filings.<\/p>\n Dubbed \u201cfamiliarization trips,\u201d the criteria for participants included \u201ceffectiveness and opportunities for favorable coverage\u201d in order to secure \u201cfavorable\u201d coverage\u201d<\/p>\n In order to develop favorable coverage in key national media, BLJ will continue to organize and staff \u201cfamiliarization trips\u201d to China. This includes recruiting top journalists to travel to China, selected for effectiveness and opportunities for favorable coverage.<\/em><\/p>\n In addition to CUSEF-sponsored travel, outlets also met with CUSEF officials and the BLJ CEO in various U.S. cities including New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Often times, the meetings were described as\u00a0\u201cprivate dinners\u201d<\/a> in FARA filings.<\/p>\n The National Pulse will continue its fearless reporting into the compromised nature of Western media and the reach of the Chinese Communist Party into U.S. institutions. Please consider supporting this crucial work.<\/a><\/p>\nSponsored Trips.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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