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Greg Baker/Getty Images A state-backed Chinese newspaper paid more than $1.6 million for advertising in Western media outlets with a presence in the United States over the last six months, according to disclosure forms filed Tuesday. The cash China Daily forked over included $272,000 to The Los Angeles Times ; $291,000 to Foreign Policy ; $371,577 to the British Financial Times ; $329,898 to the Canadian Globe and Mail ; and $700,000 to TIME Magazine. The figures were included on disclosure forms the Chinese newspaper filed on Tuesday under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires foreign agents to register...