College Daily () is a new media publication whose primary audience is Chinese students studying in

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Overview

In August 2019, ''

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'' published a story about ''College Daily'', calling it a "post-truth" publication where Chinese students in the U.S. receive their news." The story noted that ''College Daily'' had aggregated and reproduced content sourced from Infowars and RT as well as state propaganda outlets such as

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. College Daily articles about

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have been linked to Chinese state propaganda by the

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History

The College Daily has spread misleading and false information about the

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including that protesters would receive a $20 million reward for killing a police officer.

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described their efforts to spread misleading information as “notorious." In September 2019 the College Daily published a story calling for Australian journalist and academic

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’s estranged father to be expelled from China due to her outspoken journalism. The article asserted that Xu was an “American mouthpiece” and that she only criticized the Chinese government in order to get

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in Australia.

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