> Or is this just wishful thinking from the west? It's state propaganda. A (clever and very well designed) mix of known government actors and easily influenced

> Or is this just wishful thinking from the west? It's state propaganda. A (clever and very well designed) mix of known government actors and easily influenced third parties that work to push a specific narrative online. The thundering irony is that the west reports on such practices extensively when it comes to China, but the far more obvious actor (visible in the west) is your own government.