A Fugitive Chinese Mogul Spent Big to Overturn the 2020 Election
Mother Jones illustration; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty; Drew Angerer/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A fugitive Chinese mogul who has worked closely with Steve Bannon—and who is under federal investigation for fraud—spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to support efforts to overturn the 2020…
China Just Put Another Nail in the Coffin of Freedom in Hong Kong
From left, Cardinal Joseph Zen, barrister Margaret Ng, professor Hui Po-keung, and singer Denise Ho at a 2021 press conference. All were arrested by Chinese authorities last week.HK01/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In the nearly two years since the Chinese…
The DOJ’s China Initiative Dragnet Is Over. But the Aftereffects Will Be Felt for Years.
Samuel Corum/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Nearly three years ago, a University of Kansas chemistry professor named Feng “Franklin” Tao was arrested and accused of concealing his work for a Chinese university. His arrest “disrupted the transfer of American intellectual…
Exclusive: Leaked Messages Reveal the Origins of the Most Vile Hunter Biden Smear
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Late in the 2020 presidential campaign, trailing in the polls, Donald Trump and his allies worked to make a campaign issue out of a trove of files on a laptop that his opponent’s son, Hunter Biden,…
China’s State Media Propagandists are Pushing Putin Talking Points
Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has opted for what one scholar calls a “pro-Russia neutrality.” That looks in practice as weird as it sounds. Instead of silence, the Chinese…
The Misinformation Empire Steve Bannon Built With a Fugitive Chinese Tycoon Is in Trouble
Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui at a November 20, 2018 news conference.Don Emmert /AFP via Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.GTV, a Chinese language video streaming site launched in 2020 by Steve Bannon and fugitive Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, shut down…