Raymond Powell
When China’s embassy in Manila responds to criticism, it occasionally does something remarkable: it tells the truth. Recently the embassy has been remarkably forthcoming about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) views the job of overseas Chinese-language media. These revelations were not intentional, I’m sure, but in defending its tight coordination with these Manila-based outlets, the embassy has given us all an education in how authoritarian states exploit free societies.
Over the past month, the embassy’s deputy spokesperson Guo Wei has issued four social media statements attacking the SeaLight Foundation’s recent reporting on Chinese state influence through these Chinese-language outlets. Rather than refuting the facts we documented, however, Mr. Guo’s responses confirm our thesis.
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