China Propaganda Outlet Paid Millions to US Media; Crossfire Hurricane Investigations Move Forward

Print China Daily, a state-run Chinese news outlet, released financial documents showing that it spent millions of dollars for paid content or inserts at major U.S. news outlets including the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post . The outlets have noted the content was labeled as ࢀœadvertisement.ࢀ The China Daily inserts typically run under ࢀœChina Watch,ࢀ and in addition to being registered as a foreign agent under FARA in the United States, China Daily was listed by the U.S. government as a ࢀœForeign Missionࢀ of the Chinese government. And the ࢀœCrossfire Hurricaneࢀ investigations into whether the Trump campaign colluded…