Journalists we Went on Chinese Communist Junkets, then Delivered Favorable Coverage

The China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) was founded by the Vice-Chairman of the “highest-ranking entity overseeing” Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Department, an effort which aims to “co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority” of the Chinese government. “The United Front strategy uses a range of methods to influence overseas Chinese communities, foreign governments, and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing’s preferred policies,”

• Vox Co-founder and New York Times columnist Ezra Klein;
• Vox Co-founder Matthew Yglesias;
• CNN Senior Political Analyst and The Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein;
• New York Times Reporter Bradford Plumer;
• Associated Press Vice President and Editor Marjorie Miller;
• The Hill Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons;
• Former NPR Senior Editor Marilyn Geewax;
• Former Newsweek and Wall Street Journal Marketplace Editor Kathleen Deveny;
• Former U.S. News and World Report Correspondent Tom Omestad;
• Chicago Tribune Columnist and Editorial Writer Steve Chapman;
• Former National Journal Correspondent Bruce Stokes (And the husband of President Biden’s Deputy Secretary of State nominee who has also taken CUSEF trips);
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington Bureau Chief Craig Gilbert;
• The Week columnist Shikha Dalmia.