Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua has registered as a foreign agent under U.S. law, more than two years after the Justice Department (DOJ) reportedly ordered it to do so.
Xinhua’s U.S. division was registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) on May 5, according to the DOJ’s online FARA database (pdf). This makes Xinhua the third Chinese state-run media organization to register as a foreign agent, after CGTN, the international arm of the Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television, and China Daily, an English-language newspaper overseen by the regime’s propaganda department.
In September 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that the DOJ had ordered Xinhua and CGTN to register under FARA. CTGN did so in February 2019.
FARA was passed in 1938 to combat Nazi propaganda efforts and influence campaigns in the United States. It requires foreign governments, political parties, and lobbyists they hire in the United States to register with the Department of Justice. While registration doesn’t affect a media outlet’s editorial content, it does require the organization to disclose its annual budget and expenditures. more
When is someone going to make Joe register as a lobbyist for China?
They don’t have to do that. They already run ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and all the mainstream newspapers.