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How a fake network pushes pro-China propaganda
2021-08-06
[BBC] A sprawling network of more than 350 fake social media profiles is pushing pro-China narratives and attempting to discredit those seen as opponents of China's government, according to a new study.

The aim is to delegitimise the West and boost China's influence and image overseas, the report by the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) suggests.

The study, shared with the BBC, found that the network of fake profiles circulated garish cartoons depicting, among others, exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, an outspoken critic of China.
Posted by:Skidmark

#22  ^What?
Posted by: Wren   2021-08-06 13:18  

#21  It is a little troubling that Luke (Wren) found his way here, since it is a sign that the Burg is now of notice and in need of monitoring and propaganda. Conversely, it means our voices seem to be threatening the Long March strategy in media/social netwoking, so maybe its a good thing!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-08-06 13:11  

#20  It's bad enough that China is working to turn the US government into a corrupt puppet but now we have trolls who come along and say "It isn't Conservative Traditional China's Fault" as if they aren't worshipping the dead body of the guy who did the exact same thing to the real Conservative Traditional China.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2021-08-06 11:36  

#19  ^^
Thank you Dron66046 for bringing this information to the table, I am touched that such a great achiever Sita and her family have been blessed with good fortune.
May many more Indians find a pathway to prosperity and security within the homeland.
Posted by: Spanky Lumumba5573   2021-08-06 09:37  

#18  ^ Amen, Spanky. Sita's family finances picked up on their own grit, with a little help from the government in 2014, and in 2016 she was given a residence, grant and salary for continuing to represent India (She's still at the tracks), while her father bought a proper eatery and has since expanded into catering.

Posted by: Dron66046   2021-08-06 09:18  

#17  ^^
I believe the good Lord blesses us with young people like Sita Sahu to remind us to be humble and thankful for who we are on this earth.
Posted by: Spanky Lumumba5573   2021-08-06 08:27  

#16  And so it goes...
Posted by: Spanky Lumumba5573   2021-08-06 08:09  

#15  Bush's Cat "India" Dies; Pakistan a Suspect
Posted by: Spanky Lumumba5573   2021-08-06 08:01  

#14  #9 Same. ^_^
#10 "But these marble edifice...your lifetime." Wut?🙂 There will civil wars, wars and more bad things? [Ha ha ha please say no]

The Indian sense of nationalism is stronger than even the Russians or Chinese, and the inherent proclivity to obedience to State is always there. There's no obedience to State or nationalism within Indians. They immigrate (or flee away) in hordes to better shores. The average Indian rote learns through life, mugging for major examinations(10th & 12th grade) and like an obedient ant starts preparing for the entry to stable occupations like Engineering. The average Indian is extremely patriotic, for them India is a gift to the mankind and actually believes whatever media feeds them including pseudo-science bs. They are ever more ready to get offended if someone points that India is dirty, polluted and rape-infested hellhole. Indians are sheeps; they will mimic whatever their neighbours and relatives do. For us, nationalism and obedience to the country means bashing our poor dumb neighbours or bashing anyone who dares to ill-speak of them. They'll even resort to violence who doesn't agree with them, like when Maria Sharapova was asked about Tendulkar during an interview and she replied, "I've never heard of this guy" these butthurt dumbfucks took to the streets. Back in 2004 they somehow picked up on President Bush's cat named India and the media went into a frenzy. Morons took to the street tying a poor donkey up and splashing paint across its body with the word U.S.A. they burnt even the poor animal later. This is the mentality that these billion dimwits inhabit. Also Indian men hate Indian women. They hate us so much to the point where they'll boil female infants in hot boiling milk, feed us to the dogs or simply perform an abortion. They stalk us, harrass and catcall us while going to school and offices; in worst of the cases they'll brutally rape us. And Indian women are no less, they too are ready to shame their gender. Indians have an inferiority complex like no other-they want to be treated different and acknowledged all the time. I do not see such craziness in Chinese.
Posted by: Wren   2021-08-06 07:30  

#13  you take Yair Lapid, and give us Aishwarya Rai

This almost love jihaded
queen of lusty hearts,
was known to be the nicest
of bollyshollywood tarts.
She's now prob'ly diabetic
and wears a cummerbund,
and comes with kids in tow
and one real dumb husband.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-08-06 06:28  

#12  The aim is to delegitimise the West

Oh, don't worry, they're doing that to themselves anyway.

As for China, they're cycling through another empire period. The inability of the regime to crush corruption will lead to its downfall as it did to the previous dynasties.

For centuries China was a the major power in the world, but its close mind and insular nature didn't suit it well when the West gained ascendancy after the 1700s. It was interesting in the 19th Century when confronted by the West the Chinese retreated in to addressing the situation by 'purifying' their existing institutions, the Japanese however saw it as adopting Western institutions and practices. The Japanese gave the West a near run thing in the early 40s. The Chinese are seeking to reestablish themselves as the dominate power. Usually this does not end well for all. See - Third Reich
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-08-06 06:02  

#11  Wow, y'all been so civilized responding to a commentator on this thread.
A Troglodytidae at that...how nice.
Posted by: Slereque Cleger7662   2021-08-06 05:40  

#10  All we need is leaders like they have in Israel, who understand the priorities.

Grass always greener ...
Lets have a trade: you take Yair Lapid, and give us Aishwarya Rai.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-08-06 04:37  

#9  #6 This Westerner despises present day China because they have too many Confucian scholars and not enough drunk & disorderly Taoist monks.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-08-06 04:23  

#8  China is way better than my country

Grass is always greener an' all, Wren.

The ill-effects of our corrupt checks and balances, our European pattern constitutionalism and our faggots in chief, can all be reversed like this [snaps fingers]. With the right motivation. China knows this, and will not give us firm reason to shirk civil control.

There was an article here the other day about populations realizing new systems are needed and the old are irrelevant and tyrannical. That much is true. For different people different solutions geared to their peculiar society and civilization shall work. But these marble edifice fuckups the world over will be replaced one way or another. Most certainly in your lifetime.

The Indian sense of nationalism is stronger than even the Russians or Chinese, and the inherent proclivity to obedience to State is always there. All we need is leaders like they have in Israel, who understand the priorities. And those will not be found among octogenarian slackers in pajamas.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-08-06 03:57  

#7  China is very different than India, certainly.

Mr. Wife’s three favourite countries to work in were — in chronological order — Egypt, Greece, and India. The two he loathed were Saudi Arabia and Belgium. He turned down an offered assignment in China — not only was it much too soon after our last move, but the place was much too unhealthy for a man with asthmatic tendencies.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-08-06 03:46  

#6  I stand corrected. I understand that Westerners hate China because it dares to dismantle the status quo, but its because other nations cannot grow a spine against the forces breaking them.
Posted by: Wren   2021-08-06 03:24  

#5  China is way better than my country.

Google "Bronx cheer"
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-08-06 03:16  

#4  #2 Chinese are opportunists. It's the fault of other nations that they cannot grow a spine.

#3Iie. China is way better than my country.
Posted by: Wren   2021-08-06 03:15  

#3  You should add "/sark" just to be on the safe side, Wren.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-08-06 02:27  

#2  It is not the landscape we find problematic, but the ambitions of the guys running the place.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-08-06 01:23  

#1  What's so bad about being pro-China? It's such a nice, beautiful country.
Posted by: Wren   2021-08-06 01:12  

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