Tom Paine 1949
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With the Anniversary of Tiannaman Square upon us, and the all-sided disintegration of China-U.S. relations, we would expect the propaganda war to heat up. But the U.S and China both also have their own serious domestic problems. I link here to a sophisticated analysis of the China media, and its handling of recent U.S. events. The Chinese authorities have a difficult hand to play in this game, considering they totally lack a “free press,” and given they have less experience than their authoritarian nationalist cousins of the less-censored Russian media, not to mention lacking formal elections as in Russia ... but they are learning.
Observe the cunning Twitter mastery shown by Hua Chunying of China’s foreign ministry on Saturday as she responded with a simple “I can’t breathe,” in response to a tweet in which her US counterpart said that “freedom loving people around the world must stand with the rule of law and hold to account the Chinese Communist Party, which has flagrantly broken its promises to the people of Hong Kong.”
Is China reveling in US woes?
Observe the cunning Twitter mastery shown by Hua Chunying of China’s foreign ministry on Saturday as she responded with a simple “I can’t breathe,” in response to a tweet in which her US counterpart said that “freedom loving people around the world must stand with the rule of law and hold to account the Chinese Communist Party, which has flagrantly broken its promises to the people of Hong Kong.”
Is China reveling in US woes?