Ocasio-Cortez’s payments come amid heightened tension between Washington and Beijing, as the Department of Justice looks to crack down on Chinese influence peddling.
Sing Tao’s leadership has consistently expressed pro-Beijing stances, and Charles Ho Tsu-kwok, who has headed Sing Tao News Corporation Ltd for more than 20 years, has also served as a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, “Beijing’s top advisory body that also oversees Chinese influence operations worldwide,” the Epoch Times reported.
Ho has frequently decried pro-democracy movements in China, calling for a more severe government response to protesters.
After the Justice Department required Sing Tao to register as a foreign agent, the company argued that it was “similarly situated to other for-profit media companies operating in the United States.”
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