[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.