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Emily Fang

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Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

Well, part of the reason given by Musk and other people close to Trump is that the agencies that fund these groups you're talking about are wasteful. Musk has accused specifically the aid agency USAID of being behind a, quote, hoax about Russian influence in the Trump administration without giving evidence. The U.S.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

Well, part of the reason given by Musk and other people close to Trump is that the agencies that fund these groups you're talking about are wasteful. Musk has accused specifically the aid agency USAID of being behind a, quote, hoax about Russian influence in the Trump administration without giving evidence. The U.S.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

has also paused human rights and civil society related grants at the State Department. And the latest funding phrase I've been tracking is that the National Endowment for Democracy or N.E.D., Interesting, some Republicans, like Marco Rubio, who is now U.S. Secretary of State, had previously seen groups they funded as essential to U.S.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

has also paused human rights and civil society related grants at the State Department. And the latest funding phrase I've been tracking is that the National Endowment for Democracy or N.E.D., Interesting, some Republicans, like Marco Rubio, who is now U.S. Secretary of State, had previously seen groups they funded as essential to U.S.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

has also paused human rights and civil society related grants at the State Department. And the latest funding phrase I've been tracking is that the National Endowment for Democracy or N.E.D., Interesting, some Republicans, like Marco Rubio, who is now U.S. Secretary of State, had previously seen groups they funded as essential to U.S.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

national security because they build soft power by promoting U.S. democratic ideals abroad. But since Rubio's joined the Trump administration, he's defended these massive cuts.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

national security because they build soft power by promoting U.S. democratic ideals abroad. But since Rubio's joined the Trump administration, he's defended these massive cuts.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

national security because they build soft power by promoting U.S. democratic ideals abroad. But since Rubio's joined the Trump administration, he's defended these massive cuts.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

They have not said much publicly, but this is a huge windfall for China because these are all organizations Beijing found a nuisance. And I found signs that China is trying to co-opt some of these groups now. At least two human rights organizations that are China-focused but based here in the U.S.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

They have not said much publicly, but this is a huge windfall for China because these are all organizations Beijing found a nuisance. And I found signs that China is trying to co-opt some of these groups now. At least two human rights organizations that are China-focused but based here in the U.S.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

They have not said much publicly, but this is a huge windfall for China because these are all organizations Beijing found a nuisance. And I found signs that China is trying to co-opt some of these groups now. At least two human rights organizations that are China-focused but based here in the U.S.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

tell me they've actually been approached by people within the Chinese government, offering to introduce them to new China-based funders. And this has specifically happened in just the last few days since they've faced losing funding from the U.S.,

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

tell me they've actually been approached by people within the Chinese government, offering to introduce them to new China-based funders. And this has specifically happened in just the last few days since they've faced losing funding from the U.S.,

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

tell me they've actually been approached by people within the Chinese government, offering to introduce them to new China-based funders. And this has specifically happened in just the last few days since they've faced losing funding from the U.S.,

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

I also talked directly with a Chinese state representative who answers to the government there, who requested anonymity because they're not authorized to speak publicly. They reached out to at least one China-focused civil society group that is at risk of losing their funding and proposed to them.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

I also talked directly with a Chinese state representative who answers to the government there, who requested anonymity because they're not authorized to speak publicly. They reached out to at least one China-focused civil society group that is at risk of losing their funding and proposed to them.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

I also talked directly with a Chinese state representative who answers to the government there, who requested anonymity because they're not authorized to speak publicly. They reached out to at least one China-focused civil society group that is at risk of losing their funding and proposed to them.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

Instead of criticizing people and organizations in China publicly, perhaps they could facilitate private conversations with China to achieve social change. And one of the groups he was in contact with said, you know, this feels like a tactic to buy their silence, though the Chinese state representative argued to me it would be a more effective way for organizations to work.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

Instead of criticizing people and organizations in China publicly, perhaps they could facilitate private conversations with China to achieve social change. And one of the groups he was in contact with said, you know, this feels like a tactic to buy their silence, though the Chinese state representative argued to me it would be a more effective way for organizations to work.

Up First from NPR
Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

Instead of criticizing people and organizations in China publicly, perhaps they could facilitate private conversations with China to achieve social change. And one of the groups he was in contact with said, you know, this feels like a tactic to buy their silence, though the Chinese state representative argued to me it would be a more effective way for organizations to work.