Posted on 03/30/2020 6:01:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Chinese government has waged a months-long disinformation campaign to portray itself as the country that defeated the virus, when it attempted to hide it for months.
At midnight on Friday, China closed its borders to the rest of the world as it tries to stop a resurgence of the coronavirus.
The move was the culmination of a months-long PR and disinformation campaign waged by the Chinese government to rewrite the history of a pandemic that has spread to almost every corner of the planet, killed more than 34,000 people, and infected almost three-quarters of a million.
China initially ignored the outbreak that first surfaced in Wuhan in early December, silencing doctors who tried to raise the alarm before eventually enacting a draconian and restrictive lockdown that impacted 50 million people.
But the Communist Party of China (CCP) is now seeking to portray itself not as the country that allowed the coronavirus to spread unchecked for weeks but as the country that has defeated the virus and is now on hand to save the rest of the world.
To do this, the Chinese government has employed a unique mixture of tactics including disinformation, soft power, conspiracy theories, and even a book that tells the heroic story of China’s victory over coronavirus — all of which are designed to reframe the narrative around the virus and Beijing’s role in allowing it to get out of control in the first place.
(Excerpt) Read more at vice.com ...
Screw China and the Chicom masters.
China can try, but based on what I am reading and hearing in foreign media outlets this horse is already out of the barn.
Most foreign media are far more matter-of-fact about blaming China than our media.
Here’s The Communist Party’s playbook:
* Silence dissenting voices
* Block information,Ramp up censorship of social media
* Spin up state-run media
* Spread disinformation
* Promote conspiracy theories
* Write a book
* Deploy a Twitter army
* Gin up more conspiracy theories
* Start donating stuff
One of the key aspects of China’s efforts to change how the world views its role in the coronavirus outbreak is by sending donations of testing kits, masks and other essential supplies around the world. Leading this effort is Alibaba-founder Jack Ma, whose foundation has sent supplies to Iran, Europe, Africa, and even the U.S.
The question is -— IS IT WORKING?
Here’s The Communist Party’s playbook:
* Silence dissenting voices
* Block information,Ramp up censorship of social media
* Spin up state-run media
* Spread disinformation
* Promote conspiracy theories
* Write a book
* Deploy a Twitter army
* Gin up more conspiracy theories
* Start donating stuff
One of the key aspects of China’s efforts to change how the world views its role in the coronavirus outbreak is by sending donations of testing kits, masks and other essential supplies around the world. Leading this effort is Alibaba-founder Jack Ma, whose foundation has sent supplies to Iran, Europe, Africa, and even the U.S.
The question is -— IS IT WORKING?
They catch and cook bats. They cook dogs alive. They are filthy.
I’m not buying anything from China if I can possibly help it. Disgusting people....and I know American Chinese who are fine - that’s different.
Add that we won’t be punishing China to any great degree, and this just sucks.
And with the democrats and “media” aiding and abetting them, they’re succeeding.
Wait... This is from Vice? When did they take a political turn?
Fascinating.
We need to build a freaking wall around China.
China is the arsonist fireman who shows up first on the scene to put the fire out.
The ultimate justification given by most authoritarian governments is we make things work in return for you giving up some freedom. The virus exposed the Chinese government as incompetent if not deliberately destructive. That is an existential threat to the Xi Jinping dictatorship for life. They are working furiously to save themselves, but the long term damage has been done.
“...we won’t be punishing China to any great degree...”
Maybe NOW consumers will start thinking “Made in America is better for us.”
It’s not working on sky news in Australia based on what I have watched today. These guys are awesome! Many other media outlets in other countries are hammering them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU00nSQoJjU
Watch the rerun of Tucker later tonight... he was on fire tonight about China and the WHO (and not the rock group). Should make every American furious....
Even this Liberal website gets it.
And patient zero is...
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/30/china-researchers-isolated-bat-coronaviruses-near-/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Junhua_Tian_Junhua_Tian
And here he is pictured in China Daily back in Jan 2017 studying Bat virus’ 200 yards from the Wuhan wet market. No protective gear. You could say he brought his work home with him.
CCP is now giving talking points to Democrat politicians, media allies, academics, and corporatist cronies.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/china-watch/society/insect-man-tian-junhua/
Here is patient zero’s picture.
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