CCP-Backed News Outlets Targeting Diaspora in UK

Britons need to be aware of pro-Beijing news content that is helping to keep the diaspora under the grip of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), experts have said. The call came amid concerns over disinformation on social media including Chinese video platform TikTok, and after Parliament passed legislation to prevent foreign powers from buying newspapers in the UK. Besides state-owned media outlets that are directly controlled by the CCP, The Epoch Times have identified eight pro-Beijing news outlets in the UK, that operate a constellation of various websites and social media accounts. The outlets appear to be independent while regularly publishing content from Chinese state media, and their staff and leadership attend forums and training courses that are organised by state-owned China News Service (CNS) or the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, an alias of the CCP’s United Front Work Department (UFWD)—an arm of the party responsible for influence campaigns in and out of China....