Pay-to-play: China influence group targeted dozens of U.S. journalists for positive coverage of CCP

by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2026 Non-AI Real World News In a highly structured pay-to-play operation, a Chinese influence group offered American journalists all-expenses-paid trips to China and access to top officials with the goal of the journalists returning to the U.S. with a significantly improved opinion of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Better […]