Beijing is paying American social media influencers to promote the upcoming Winter Olympics amid a wave of diplomatic boycotts from the West. Under a $ 300,000 contract with the Chinese consulate in New York, New Jersey-based consulting firm Vippi Media will oversee a marketing campaign through mid-March on Instagram, TikTok and the streaming platform Twitch. The main goal is to present a favorable portrayal of the Beijing Winter Olympics and US-China relations, according to a December 10 disclosure filed with the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. This was first reported by OpenSecrets, a Washington-based non-profit organization that...