From Coronavirus to the Hong Kong Protests: How China’s Leaders Manipulate News Globally—Sarah Cook

Just how is Chinese communist disinformation playing into coverage of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak? How has the Chinese regime been ramping up its efforts to spread propaganda and shape news content globally, including in the US? And, what methods does Beijing use to systematically suppress dissenting voices and critical coverage? This is American Thought Leaders ??, and I’m Jan Jekielek. In this episode, we'll sit down with Sarah Cook, a senior research analyst at Freedom House who specializes in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. She is the director of the China Media Bulletin and author of the new Freedom House report, “Beijing's Global Megaphone: The Expansion of Chinese Communist Party Media Influence since 2017.” Read the new report here: https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/beijings-global-megaphone-china-communist-party-media-influence-abroad === Don’t forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE: https://ept.ms/AmericanThoughtLeaders Try a newspaper that doesn't spin the facts: https://ept.ms/2WrUQlD Want to listen to our interviews? Check out our new podcasts! Links below: iTunes Podcast: https://ept.ms/ATLiTunesPodcast Google Podcast: https://ept.ms/ATLGooglePodcast Spotify Podcast: https://ept.ms/ATLSpotifyPodcast RELATED VIDEOS: China’s Regime Grossly Underreporting Scale of Novel Coronavirus Outbreak | American Thought Leaders https://ept.ms/2GAMBtW Gen. Robert Spalding: On the US China Trade Deal, Taiwan Election & the Huawei 5G Threat https://ept.ms/2NUx78m The Taiwan Election, the Communist China Threat, & the Future of US-Taiwan Relations—Ian Easton https://ept.ms/38nOBSp Communist China Threatens Not Just Hong Kong, But All Free Nations—20-Yr-Old Activist Joey Siu https://ept.ms/34ZZsAF Spiritual “Slavery” in China: Will Hong Kong Be Next?—Cardinal Zen | American Thought Leaders https://ept.ms/34ZZsAF Hong Kong’s Youth Are Fighting For All Of Us—Lawyer Daniel Wong | American Thought Leaders https://ept.ms/34MkXEF Communist China’s Encroachment on Hong Kong Is a Warning to All Free Nations—Alan Leong https://ept.ms/35ULLTI Kyle Bass: Hong Kong Protests are Chinese Regime’s “Worst Nightmare” in US China Trade War https://ept.ms/326QTm9 How to Win the US China Trade War & Communist China's Broader Stealth War On America-Robert Spalding https://ept.ms/31qTiXK On Marxism in America, the Communist China Threat, Unconventional Warfare & Hong Kong—Joshua Philipp https://ept.ms/2pu7nGc === Subscribe for updates + ? : http://bit.ly/ATLsub === Watch more videos: The Trump Administration: https://ept.ms/2oX5sty Spygate: https://ept.ms/31OYKEt Culture War: https://ept.ms/2BgjV6Q The Communist China Threat: https://ept.ms/2N20G7v === Credits: shutterstock Images: https://shutr.bz/2u8Zdp8 Music: Audioblocks.com, epidemicsound.com Stock Video: Videoblocks.com ------------------------------------------------- © All Rights Reserved.