China's propaganda machine has taken aim at American soybean farmers as part of its high-stakes trade war with the Trump administration. China regularly disseminates propaganda in the West through its China Daily newspaper to try to influence public opinion. The Iowa newspaper section was explicitly labeled a product of China Daily, China's official English language newspaper. "They don't need a Chinese newspaper insert to tell them how to think about the relationship between tariffs and their exports to China." "This is the norm for the Chinese propaganda machine," Chao said.

Source: ABC News October 20, 2018 13:18 UTC