I'm with you that Chinese/Russian propaganda is a real thing, but your example is ridiculous. > Anything anti-china is attacked as racist/nationalist. This re

I'm with you that Chinese/Russian propaganda is a real thing, but your example is ridiculous. > Anything anti-china is attacked as racist/nationalist. This response always comes up when someone tries to point out racist and nationalist anti-china motivations, so clearly this argument is propaganda as well /s. > It got so radioactive that the government had to change the pattern they used to name pandemics. The Spanish Flu was named that way precisely so everyone would blame Spain. The participants of WWI censored any mention of the pandemic until the war was over, so Spain served as a convenient scapegoat. This paper published by Harvard is an analysis of actual CCP propaganda tactics [1]. Arguing with people online about an issue you dislike just brings more attention to it. Instead, propaganda generally serves to distract. The average Redditor has no direct impact foreign policy in China, but they can riled up enough to cause politicians to focus on placating them rather than geopolitics. Indeed, if you observe the Russian propaganda ads on Facebook, they have nothing to do with Russia [2]. They're simply meant to sow discord. [1] https://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/50c.pdf https://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/50c.pdf [2] https://cbsnews.com/media/russian-ads-on-facebook-a-gallery/ https://cbsnews.com/media/russian-ads-on-facebook-a-gallery/