Yet after a failed attempt at meeting with shareholders of the Times, an unfazed Chen said he was now considering buying The Wall Street Journal.
“I am going to talk to the Wall Street Journal and find out if it’s for sale,” he said in an interview with Sinovision, a New York-based Chinese television station on Wednesday, reaffirming his plan to “buy an American newspaper.”
Chen had said earlier that he was “serious” about purchasing the Times, so he could work on “rebuilding its credibility and influence” by reforming its award-winning coverage of China.
Chen said he was aware that many American papers were Jewish-owned. He said he was up for the job since he had “equally competent IQ and EQ” compared with Jews.
“I am very good at working with Jews,” he said.
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