Bannon and Guo Wengui package Yan into whistlers who can be sold to the American public.
They placed her in a "safe house" outside New York City and hired a lawyer for her, Bannon said. They got her a media coach because English is not her mother tongue. Yan Limeng said later that Bannon also asked her to submit multiple papers to summarize what she called evidence.
"Make sure you explain this to people logically," Bannon recalled telling her once. By late January, they were closely watching the outbreak in China.
Bannon shifted the subject of the podcast to the new crown virus. Long before Trump began to label the epidemic as xenophobia, he called it the "Chinese Communist virus." He invited fierce critics of China to participate in the show to discuss how the epidemic reflects the CCP's threat to the world.
Guo Wengui began to claim that the virus was an attack ordered by the Chinese Vice President. He spread the same statement on the media he runs, including the video platform GTV and GNews website, the latter of which made enthusiastic reports on Guo Wengui and his associates. He also released a song called "Take Down the C.C.P." (Take Down the C.C.P.), which once topped the Apple iTunes charts in the world.
These people continue to target the Chinese government, despite their own legal difficulties. According to reports, US federal authorities are investigating Guo Wengui's fundraising strategy. This summer, Bannon was arrested on Guo Wengui’s yacht and is facing fraud charges for helping to set up a non-profit organization to build a wall on the Mexican border.
In Yan Limeng, these two people found the ideal face for propaganda.