OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Chinas propaganda machine has taken aim at American soybean farmers as part of its high-stakes trade war with the Trump administration.
The publication last month of a four-page advertising section in the Des Moines Register opened a new battle line in Chinas effort to break the administrations resolve. U.S. farmers are a key political constituency for Trump, and Beijing has imposed tariffs on American soybeans as retaliation for Trumps tariffs on hundreds of billions in Chinese imports.
China regularly disseminates propaganda in the West through its…
