> Those are government-sponsored, explicitly foreign-facing (the language is a big hint) mouthpieces Of course they are. Can you point to any mainland Chinese

> Those are government-sponsored, explicitly foreign-facing (the language is a big hint) mouthpieces Of course they are. Can you point to any mainland Chinese news outlets which are not effectively controlled by the CCP? If not, it follows that a foreigner reading or watching this stuff gets a pretty good idea of what mainland Chinese are being fed by their news media.