A flurry of debut novels are always heavily pushed by publicists during this time of year, but only a handful will make the bestseller list. In 2022, one of tho.
This week on Sinica, we find out what happens when the media attacks and China is caught in the crossfire. Specifically, recent weeks have brought us two prominent cases of bad press for China as the country gets caught in loaded battles fought by unrelated parties. In the first, an American political advertisement raises the specter of a U.S. economic collapse. The second is