U.S. companies – including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter – are subsidizing Chinese and Russian information warfare by providing free electronic amplification services.
[Long Read] How Chinaâs Communist Party Is Infiltrating The Global Media Circuit
by Tushar Gupta - Jul 10, 2021 01:57 AM
Chinese President Xi Jinping
The same resources are also diverted to influence media personnel and organisations abroad.
In 2017, post the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Tencent released a gaming app called âExcellent Speech: Clap for Xi Jinpingâ.
As evident by the name, the rules of the game were fairly simple, to clap as enthusiastically as possible for President Xi Jinping, but in 19 seconds. Even in its perceived ridiculousness to the world, the app registered more than a billion claps for Xi in less than 24 hours.
Lam expects more proactive govt role in education By Willa Wu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-12-11 13:27 Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (left) and Zhou Li, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific, pose for a photo with weekly publications GBA Focus and Global Weekly. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)
It s time for Hong Kong government to take a more proactive role in education, especially at the basic level, and education officials must be the gatekeepers who ensure that teachers, materials and examinations in the city s primary and secondary schools are of the highest quality, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said.