wurzelgummidge

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[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

China’s a nation that seems to believe that they can use their government to make things better.

Isn't that what you pay taxes for?

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 10 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

But nowhere else on the planet invests as much money and effort into it as the US. $325 million a year on anti China propaganda alone:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1157/text

You never saw that mentioned in the media did you? There is a reason for that:

It is one of the most important aspects of our media system, and yet hardly known to the public: most of the international news coverage in Western media is provided by only three global news agencies based in New York, London and Paris.

The key role played by these agencies means Western media often report on the same topics, even using the same wording. In addition, governments, military and intelligence services use these global news agencies as multipliers to spread their messages around the world.

https://swprs.org/the-propaganda-multiplier/

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There are a heck of a lot more Chinese people that speak English than there are English speakers that can speak Chinese

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Wikipedia

Can you site a source more credible than a crowd sourced encyclopedia run by Americans