~ Unlike the US, China has a media apparatus that is controlled by the state ~
How is that unlike the US?
NOT sarcasm...
I think the key difference is that in the United States, the government media is anti-military most of the time.
Take a deep breath and think...
What is the de facto military position of the majority of the media in this country...?
Just in case you have been asleep since Vietnam, the us media is anti-military...
How can that possibility be the same as a Chinese state run media...?