"Smart" is pushing it, more like loud/visible because netizens first picked up that critical Chinese voices that get amplified the most in western media bubble

"Smart" is pushing it, more like loud/visible because netizens first picked up that critical Chinese voices that get amplified the most in western media bubble are prodminantly Chinese women which ties into the entire battle of the sexes idpol drama among Asian diasphora and sexpat jokes back in PRC. Though there is some truth to it, simply not many prominant male western Chinese analysts/journalists that specialize in Chinese domains get public attention because... draw your own conclusion. They're out there, just not hired for the spicy jobs. I think first person to get seriously harassed was ASPI's very own Vicki Xu a few years ago and now looks like state aparatus finally decides to add some bots to it, although execution is as incompetent as ever. Regardless it seems like effective button to push, because it's calibrated to divide Chinese diasphora communities and weaponize all the bored misogynists from both sides of the GFW. It's not going to cause the resilient to quit, but it will make their lives more difficult, while stirring up acrimony in the diasphora, which is the point.