The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide.

The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide.

  • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    482·
    1 year ago

    On the surface, No Cold War is a loose collective run mostly by American and British activists who say the West’s rhetoric against China has distracted from issues like climate change and racial injustice.

    In fact, a New York Times investigation found, it is part of a lavishly funded influence campaign that defends China and pushes its propaganda. At the center is a charismatic American millionaire, Neville Roy Singham, who is known as a socialist benefactor of far-left causes.

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    Mr. Singham says he does not work at the direction of the Chinese government. But the line between him and the propaganda apparatus is so blurry that he shares office space — and his groups share staff members — with a company whose goal is to educate foreigners about “the miracles that China has created on the world stage.”

    • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      If he’s so socialist and far-left, why in the world would he support China? They’re politically communist in name only, and economically capitalist.

      • Asafum@feddit.nl
        1·
        1 year ago

        Well even though I’m old enough where I should have already known this term, my time on lemmy has introduced me to Tankies.

        My guess is this guy is a Tankie: if it has communism in it in any way shape or form then it’s the most amazing thing ever and anything you say about it that would say otherwise is a dirty liberal lie.

        Something like that.