Commentary
The Sept. 25 Los Angeles Times included a special, four-page section headlined in black called “CHINA WATCH.” Above that in smaller, orange print is, “ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.” And below the headline, in much smaller print, is “CHINA DAILY. 中国日报.”
Wikipedia identifies the “China Daily” newspaper as “an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party … Scholars have described China Daily as effectively controlled by the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Speaking of corruption, below the above quoted headline section are these words, in much darker print against a dark blue background: “This supplement is printed and distributed in select areas by the Los Angeles Times Media Group. It does not involve the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times.” Yet in the far upper-left corner are the words “Los Angeles Times,” as with any other page in the paper….