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SCMP is a prestigious newspaper and the “newspaper of record” for Hong Kong. However, recently it was bought out by Alibaba, which is of course a Chinese compa
by Bucephalus355 8y ago
SCMP is a prestigious newspaper and the “newspaper of record” for Hong Kong.
However, recently it was bought out by Alibaba, which is of course a Chinese company. The articles still don’t seem that much pro-Chinese, however this does have some sinister overtones for the future, and fits in well with the Chinese strategy of steady expansion / soft subtle influence of foreign govs and institutes.
- philsnow 8y agoas long as they keep publishing nominally critical articles, they can also pick and choose among the available news stories and over time start burying the worst and even becoming a propaganda arm. "look even the SCMP says things are getting better, and they're the critical ones"
- brisance 8y agoSCMP has hired a few former Straits Times journalists with an ax to grind with Singapore, and the articles they churn out have a decidedly anti-Singapore, pro-China bias. The messaging became more strident ever since it got bought by Alibaba.