Behind the New York Times’ China Coverage, Decades of Distortion

At critical moments over the past quarter-century, The New York Times has aided the interests of a certain faction within the Chinese Communist Party—one responsible for some of the most gruesome atrocities of the 21st century. On top of implicating itself morally, the paper has also, as a result, distorted its China coverage and misled its readers, as revealed by an analysis of The New York Times’ China coverage as well as interviews with half a dozen experts on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) politics and geopolitics. Due to the paper’s disproportionate influence on policy, its skewed coverage has likely led to a loss of life and treasure that is difficult to quantify, some experts said....