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‘Blood Money’: Chinese Government Documents Reveal Detailed Plan to Subvert American Culture Using Tech and Hollywood to Target American Children
Chinese government documents and restricted military journals show how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using social media like TikTok and Hollywood to target vulnerable young consumers and tear at the fabric of American culture, according to Peter Schweizer’s new book: Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans.
“The Chinese military and Communist Party officials have thought deeply and written extensively about waging ‘cognitive warfare’ on the United States. The CCP sees apps such as TikTok, video games, and movies as powerful weapons to wage psychological warfare against the West,” Schweizer writes. “…Unfortunately, they have found willing accomplices among some of the most powerful people in American politics and entertainment. Those national leaders continue to turn a blind eye to the challenge, refusing to acknowledge what Beijing is doing.”
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Schweizer, a Breitbart News senior contributor and the President of the Government Accountability Institute, notes that “despite its links to the Chinese propaganda apparatus, TikTok has thrived with the help of American celebrities and thought leaders who are either ignorant or ambivalent about TikTok’s true nature.”
TikTok is run by the company ByteDance, which is “wedded to the Chinese Communist Party military-intelligence-industrial complex,” he writes. While the app has “penetrated the heart of America’s culture, becoming a central part of the lives of our children and young adults,” the Chinese government does not permit the app for its own population. Instead, the CCP harnesses the app’s addictive quality to target and shape the minds of young Americans for its own purposes, all while designating TikTok’s powerful algorithm as a top secret “national security asset.”
The headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing, China, on September 16, 2020. (GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
The first celebrity to promote TikTok was the late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon, according to Blood Money.
“There’s a really cool app I’ve been getting into lately called TikTok,” Fallon told millions of Americans watching his show. “Do you guys know that?”
“If you don’t have it, download it,” he instructed.
Singer Shakira and host Jimmy Fallon during the “Watch It Once TikTok Challenge” on the Tonight Show on May 16, 2022. (Todd Owyoung/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Schweizer continues, noting other celebrities who promoted the CCP-linked app:
What Fallon didn’t tell his audience was that he—not The Tonight Show itself—had forged a partnership with the Chinese company and created a series of TikTok “challenges” designed to grow interest in the app. The daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres soon followed with an equally glowing account on her show. The rapper Cardi B, for a large fee, posted some videos on TikTok—to no great effect, but it did lend her name to the platform. None of those celebrities seemed to weigh the gravity of being used to encourage Americans to download a potential Chinese spy app. How much money they were paid is not known.
“Celebrities weren’t alone. Major American institutions jumped in to work with TikTok. In 2019, for example, the NFL announced a multiyear content partnership with TikTok,” Schweizer adds. “One wonders what conversations were had besides ‘Show me the money!’ As we will see, politicians also lined up to use it.”
Cardi B performs onstage during TikTok In The Mix at Sloan Park on December 10, 2023, in Mesa, Arizona. (Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Images)
Screen grab of Ellen DeGeneres’ TikTok account on March 9, 2024.
Screen grab of the TikTok post announcing the app’s multi-year partnership with the National Football League on September 3, 2019.
In one of the restricted military journals detailed in Blood Money, Colonel Dai Xu, a professor at China’s top military academy, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) National Defense University (PLA-NDU), wrote that the real battle between the United States and China is “information-driven mental warfare” and compared apps such as TikTok and social media platforms to a “modern day Trojan Horse” for pro-CCP propaganda and values.
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Another leading Chinese PLA strategist, Zeng Huafeng of the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), wrote of a cognitive, or mind, war on the United States, and proposed how to defeat the U.S. without firing a shot.
Schweizer writes:
Zeng defines the “cognitive space” as “the area in which feelings, perception, understanding, beliefs, and values exist” and argues that this is where the battle can be won. To that end, he said, Beijing must use “information and popular spiritual and cultural products as weapons to influence people’s psychology, will, attitude, behavior and even change the ideology, values, cultural traditions and social systems.” According to Zeng, these cultural tools, including apps, video games, and films, should be used to “target individuals, groups, countries, and even people around the world.”
Zeng further argued that Beijing can win “mind superiority” through several means, including:
“Perception manipulation” via propaganda, by changing how people look at the present
“Cutting off historical memory” by warping their views of their own country’s past so people will be open to changing their values
“Changing the paradigm of thinking” by targeting people to change the way they view problems and thereby changing their beliefs
“Deconstructing symbols,” by getting people to reject certain traditional symbols and thereby modifying a nation’s identity
“The ultimate goal is to manipulate a country’s values and achieve strategic goals without an actual overt military battle,” Zeng added.
Chinese Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping meets with all members of a training session for heads of military academies and schools at the National Defense University of the People’s Liberation Army in Beijing, China, on Nov. 27, 2019. (Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Strategists cited in Chinese Disinformation Efforts on Social Media advocated for “subconscious messaging” instead of overtly political propaganda, and using a soft touch to influence young people in the West.
Schweizer also cites “Communicating Our Military’s Advanced Military Culture to the World” by Xu Sen, which states:
“With regard to Western audiences, we need to conscientiously filter the content of communication, finding more points of resonance and common ground . . . even in the case of positive propaganda we also need to be adept at “softening” the content. For example, using stories to convey things, “translating” viewpoints into stories, and concealing them in stories, . . . we should adopt open and emotional methods.”
CCP strategists in an “Analysis of Modern Network Media Warfare in the Perspective of Intelligent Technology” added that propaganda is most effective when it can be directed to “impressible persons” through entertainment.
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“Entertainment is the main motivation for Generation Z content consumption,” said Peng Zhen- gang, the deputy director of the Propaganda Department, in “Research on International Communication Strategies and Practice Paths of Generation Z.” By better understanding those they mean to propagandize, the CCP can “explore effective communication strategies and paths, [and] improve the ability to set agendas.”
Chinese psychological warfare specialists also have a special interest in “borrowing mouths to speak” to young Americans, Schweizer writes:
Liu Liming, writing for the Chinese military’s psychological warfare publication, recommended that Beijing should “actively cultivate a group of media outlets and think tanks with small audiences that are ‘grey’ and peddle falsehoods, and establish a database of negative topics and conspiracy theories” to thwart one’s “adversary, with a special focus on targeting younger Western audiences’ distrust of mainstream media, politicians, and even values.”
“The evidence is clear: Chinese psychological warfare strategists have Americans, particularly young Americans, in their crosshairs,” he continues. “They believe that not only are young people easier to influence but the effects of the propaganda messaging are longer lasting. The Chinese government is devoting serious amounts of resources to understanding how to manipulate young users. The Communist government recently opened an external propaganda office to target Generation Z audiences overseas.”
Schweizer notes that American politicians also lined up to use the app. In fact, just this month, President Joe Biden’s campaign opened an account on TikTok in an effort to reach young voters.
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit meeting on November 14, 2022, in Bali. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Blood Moneylanded at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list this week, just one week after its release by publisher HarperCollins.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on X @thekat_hamilton.
‘Blood Money’: How Stephen Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Other Hollywood Big Shots Bow to Beijing and Allow Their Films to Be Used for Pro-China Propaganda
How deep are Hollywood’s ties to China? Beijing’s tentacles have ensnared most major studios — and many smaller ones — as well as a raft of A-list names: Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Jeffrey Katzenberg, the Russo brothers. Even Tyler Perry isn’t immune to China’s power.
In his new book Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans, Breitbart News Senior Contributor and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer maps out the numerous and troubling ways Beijing has infiltrated Hollywood and turned this quintessentially American industry into a vassal of the Chinese Communist Party.
As the book notes, China casts a longer shadow on Hollywood productions than you might think. Of the one hundred highest-grossing movies released between 2014 and 2018, 41 had Chinese investors.
Many of the most recognizable blockbuster titles in recent years were made with Chinese money — the Transformers, Kung Fu Panda, and even some of the Mission: Impossible movies.
(L-R) Actor Henry Cavill, director Christopher McQuarrie, actor Tom Cruise, and actor Simon Pegg attend “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” press conference on August 29, 2018, in Beijing, China. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)
Dune and its upcoming sequel were both financed by Legendary Pictures, which is majority owned by China’s Wanda Group. Legendary also financed the Pacific Rim movies and the latest Godzilla blockbusters.
China’s influence on Hollywood is more than just financial.
For years, Beijing has exerted an insidious creative pressure on American filmmakers to make China look strong and the United States appear weak by comparison. Communist values like collectivism are championed while American-style individualism is ridiculed.
Schweizer’s book notes that Transformers: Age of Extinction portrays senior Chinese government officials as results-oriented and capable, while American officials are bumbling and generally incompetent.
The Paramount movie even has an American bad guy, played by Stanley Tucci. He is ultimately defeated by a Chinese woman named Su Yeming (played by actress Li Bingbing), who is working alongside hero Mark Wahlberg.
Actress Li Bingbing (right) actor Stanley Tucci (left) are seen on set filming “Transfomers: Age of Extinction” on October 20, 2013, in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)
In Kung Fu Panda 3 — which was co-financed by China — the protagonist Po no longer focuses on himself as an individual, as he did in the previous two movies, but instead focuses on the collective, encouraging the villagers to take up arms in an animated “people’s war” against the antagonist.
(L-R) Cartoon figure Po, producer Zhang Jizhong, actress Zhu Zhu, director Teng Huatao, actress Bai Baihe, and cartoon figure Tigress attend the press conference of DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks’s American-Chinese computer-animated film “Kung Fu Panda 3” on December 15, 2015, in Beijing, China. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)
The Kung Fu Panda movies were produced by DreamWorks Animation, which was headed by Jeffrey Katzenberg. Under his leadership, the studio grew closer to China, announcing plans to construct a $330 million studio near Shanghai.
Katzenberg even sat down with Yu Zhengsheng, the chief of the Shanghai CCP, who encouraged him to produce “cultural products” that would help China’s image.
The result was Pearl Studio, which is majority owned by Chinese companies.
Chinese Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping (right) talks with Yu Zhengsheng (left), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) during the closing session of the National People’s Congress in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on March 15, 2017. (WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, visits the Jinsha Site on October 21, 2008, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. (Wang Ruobing/Visual China Group via Getty Images)
DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg (third from right) with CCP representatives from Shanghai’s government unveil the master plan for the Shanghai DreamCenter on March 20, 2014 in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo)
Meanwhile, Katzenberg has moved on — to President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. As campaign co-chair, he has pledged “all the resources” needed for Biden to win reelection in November.
Blood Money singles out the Russo brothers — Joe and Anthony, who directed several Disney-Marvel superhero blockbusters — as prime examples of how Hollywood talent can bend the knee for China.
During the making of the Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior 2, the Russo brothers provided advice on the film and introduced the Chinese director to contacts in the business, including visual effects studios in the U.S.
American directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo arrive at the red carpet of the 6th Beijing International Film Festival on April 16, 2016, in Beijing, China. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)
The Russo’s even helped line up American actor Frank Grillo — who appeared in some of the brothers’ Marvel movies — to play the villain in Wolf Warrior 2.
Looking to strengthen their ties to China, the Russo brothers later set up a film company in Los Angeles called AGBO, which received a $250 million Chinese investment. One of the studio’s most successful productions was last year’s Oscar winner Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Schweizer’s book also notes how Steven Spielberg has become cozy with Beijing over the years.
American director Steven Spielberg attends a promotional event for his film “Big Friendly Giant” at Tsinghua University on October 10, 2016, in Beijing, China. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)
In 2016, Spielberg allowed China’s Alibaba to buy a stake in his Amblin Entertainment. This marks a sharp reversal from 2008, when Spielberg ducked out of a project connected with the Beijing Olympics because he was concerned about the Chinese government’s involvement with human rights violations in Darfur.
As Breitbart News has reported over the years, Hollywood welcomed China with open arms in a Faustian bargain to gain access to Chinese audiences.
But as China’s film industry has grown and matured, Beijing has gradually shut its doors on Hollywood, allowing fewer American movies to play on local screens. Last year, not a single U.S. movie cracked China’s top ten list of top-grossing titles as local audience tastes have moved to domestic movies.
Even Disney movies are flailing in China, despite CEO Bob Iger’s best efforts to leverage his warm relationship with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. Disney managed to score Chinese dates for its woke movies including The Little Mermaid, Elemental, and the latest Indiana Jones sequel — only to see them bomb with local audiences.
Hollywood wanted to use China to boost its bottom line. In the end, it was China that played Hollywood.
Disney’s ABC is teaming up with the Chinese social media app TikTok for Oscars red carpet coverage on Sunday.
TikTok will sponsor a “first-of-its-kind red carpet live stream,” Disney announced, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
This isn’t the first time TikTok has been involved with the Oscars. Two years ago, the Academy joined forces with the Chinese app to create online content for the 94th Oscars, including TikTok LIVEs, exclusive behind-the-scenes moments, red carpet coverage, and Oscars recap footage.
But this appears to be the first time the Walt Disney Company and TikTok are coming together on Oscar night.
The deal marks TikTok’s latest U.S. conquest as the Chinese app seeks to become culturally ubiquitous and swath itself in establishment prestige. TikTok recently scored a high-profile sponsorship deal for this year’s Met Gala, which is set to take place in May 6.
Vogue’s Anna Wintour recently announced that TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will serve as an “honorary chair” at this year’s Met Gala.
Shou Zi Chew was grilled last year before members of Congress over the fact that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has access to data of the tens of millions of Americans who use the addictive app.
As Breitbart News reported, a new bipartisan bill is seeking to force China’s ByteDance to divest TikTok within six months or face a ban from the United States.
Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he hopes the intelligence community will “dumb down” former President Donald Trump’s briefings once he has the nomination.
Anchor Kristen Welker said, “Let me ask you about this development. This weekend, U.S. intelligence officials are planning to provide briefings for Donald Trump. One will see if he officially secures the nomination despite the fact that he’s facing 40 felony charges for his handling of classified documents as the former chair of the House Intelligence Committee. Do you think it’s appropriate for him to receive intelligence briefings,
Schiff said, “Well, then that is the practice but we never had a situation where one of the candidates for president has been so criminally negligent when it comes to handling if not worse when it comes to handling classified information. So I have to hope, knowing the intelligence community as i do that they will dumb down the briefing for Donald Trump. That is they will give him no more information than absolutely necessary, nothing that would reveal sources or methods because we can’t trust that he will do the right thing with information. He’s been so reckless. So yes, it does concern me. It is part of a long tradition they will be wary of what they share with him and they should.”
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