Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has warned Newsweek magazine that one of its contributors is registered as a foreign agent of the Chinese regime. In a letter dated Jan. 3, Scott said Vipp Jaswal agreed to receive $210,000 in advance from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to find social media influencers willing to endorse the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Jaswal, as CEO of Vippi Media, in November signed a $300,000 contract with the Chinese consulate in New York, to oversee a marketing campaign through mid-March across Instagram, TikTok, and live-streaming platform Twitch. The main goal is to present a favorable portrayal of the Beijing Games and U.S.–China relations, according to a Dec. 10 disclosure filed with the Justice Department under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. “Mr. Jaswal… has chosen to join forces with America’s enemy and one of the world’s most evil regimes as it actively commits genocide,” Scott wrote in the letter addressed …
Senator Urges Newsweek to Reconsider Relationship With Contributor Who’s a Registered Agent for China
January 4, 2022
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