As part of a $700,000 advertising campaign, Time magazine published articles from a Chinese state-run media agency touting a controversial Chinese drone maker accused of helping the government surveil Uyghurs and boosting the Chinese Communist Party's latest five-year economic plan.
Time has published 75 online articles from China Daily as part of the lucrative ad deal, which began late last year.
The Time webpage discloses that the company is paid to publish the China Daily articles, though not that they are state-sponsored propaganda.
While most of the China Daily content is not political in nature, some of the articles appear to be thinly veiled attempts to portray the Chinese government and companies in a positive light.
The China Daily article about drones appeared just after the Trump administration blacklisted DJI, China's largest drone maker, citing concerns that Chinese intelligence could use the drones to collect data on American citizens.
Time's first China Daily placement was an article championing the Chinese Communist Party's recent five-year plan.
The last article published by Time is a China Daily story from April 26 in which retired diplomat Chas Freeman marvels at China's economic progress in the 50 years since he worked as Richard Nixon's interpreter during the president's 1972 visit.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business
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