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Beijing’s Evolving Global Media Influence

In a lengthy investigative piece for The Guardian, Louisa Lim and Julia Bergin look into the ways the Chinese government is exerting their influence on media abroad, through a multifaceted approach that includes offering generous salary packages to recruit talented journalists away from local media in Africa, Latin America, and elsewhere; buying advertising supplements in mainstream foreign publications; buying foreign media companies outright; and making deals