A U.S. media outlet with financial ties to organizations led by members of alleged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence operations announced it was shutting down on Monday.
The China Project (TCP), a multimedia group renowned for its China reporting, blamed “politically motivated attacks” and “enormous legal costs” for a “funding shortfall” resulting in the company’s decision to close. In 2022, the Daily Caller News Foundation identified numerous organizations headed by members of the CCP or CCP influence operations that had partnered with or financially sponsored the outlet.
A former employee fired by TCP also accused the organization of being linked to the CCP in a sworn declaration to Congress and federal agencies.
“We have been accused many times in both countries of working for nefarious purposes for the government of the other,” TCP’s editor-in-chief, Jeremy Goldkorn, wrote on Monday. “Defending ourselves has incurred enormous legal costs, and, far worse, made it increasingly difficult for us to attract investors, advertisers, and sponsors.”
“The media business is precarious, and the politically motivated attacks on us from various…
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