The China Press (Qiao Bao) is a U.S.-based Chinese-language newspaper. It has long been dubbed a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) among Chinese communities. Now, human rights leaders and activists are calling on the U.S. government to send it back to China.
The newspaper has publicly claimed that it does not take a pro-CCP stance but rather a pro-China stance. Now, Chinese human rights leaders and activists are calling for the federal government to expel the newspaper from the United States.
Zhao Wei (pseudonym), a former senior media person from a pro-CCP Chinese media outlet in New York, disclosed to The Epoch Times that the president of the China Press was directly sent from China by the CCP and that a former general manager of the newspaper personally told her that “I was sent by the CCP, and don’t know how long I can stay.” Ms. Zhao was also told that this manager was from China’s national security.
Chen Chuangchuang, executive director of the U.S. National Committee of the Democracy Party of China, said in an interview with The Epoch Times that the senior-level managers of the China Press are from the CCP’s Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO), and the newspaper harms the United States by controlling pro-CCP Chinese in America.
Mr. Chen said that the CCP controls and influences Chinese newspapers like the World Journal and Sing Tao, but the regime still needs a direct megaphone like the China Press. While the newspaper advocates for the CCP in the United States, if it takes money from the CCP and is sent by the CCP, it should be expelled—at least the money should be cut off, according to Mr. Chen.
Jie Lijian, executive vice chairman of the Democracy Party of China in Los Angeles, said in a recent interview with The Epoch Times, “We hope that the U.S. government will take measures to rigorously investigate the China Press and various organizations that act as agents for the CCP lurking in the United States. Once discovered, they should be shut down and expelled to prevent them from harming the United States.”
By Nathan Su
