As the world overwhelmingly condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese internet, for the most part, is pro-Russia, pro-war and pro-Putin. I explain why. nytimes.com/2022/02/27/bus…
@LiYuan6 Many comments online are created from government funded software programs, AI, and small group of computer people in charge of these programs. The comments are not written by real people. Sometimes the people in charge of software step in to comment after Program fail
@LiYuan6 current leadership has used the “victim” mindset & used it for its own benefit. By creating a bogey out of the west, now you have a President for life. China’s situation has in fact got worst as it picks a fight with many neighbours, but personally the leadership is benefiting
@LiYuan6 I am familiar with the WeChat and Chinese Twitter spheres to an extent, and I find this piece is full of lies.
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@LiYuan6 Only a corporate media drone would argue with “China’s narrative that the United States and its allies are afraid of China’s rise and the alternative world order it could create.”
@LiYuan6 Americans have a strange habit to explain for other countries. Should we call it Americansplaining?
@LiYuan6 I hope you have actually done some rigorous text analysis before stating "for the most part ". From my limited exposure to Chinese social media, that's not true.
@LiYuan6 @noahbarkin Bearing in mind that the US policy on China is containment to stunt its growth and stop it surpassing the US, it’s not surprising Chinese people are pretty suspicious of Western motives and NATO expansion. amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…