Posted on 10/20/2018 8:32:06 AM PDT by caww
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — China's propaganda machine has taken aim at American soybean farmers as part of its high-stakes trade war with the Trump administration.
The publication last month of a four-page advertising section in the Des Moines Register opened a new battle line in China's effort to break the administration's resolve
China regularly disseminates propaganda in the West through its China Daily newspaper to try to influence public opinion. But the advertorial in the Register was unusual for deploying not a national publication in New York or Washington but a newspaper in the farm state of Iowa.
Trump tweeted a photo of the "China Watch" edition that ran in the Register, calling it propaganda and asserting that Beijing was trying to interfere in U.S. elections.
"It's the first time I've ever seen anything like this in a heartland city," said Matt Schrader, who edits the China Brief newsletter for the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington research institute that monitors China's actions.
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No one talks about Chinese Collusion.
But Mueller and his 17 Angry Democrats are still focused on Russia.
No one talks about Chinese Collusion.
But Mueller and his 17 Angry Democrats are still focused on Russia.
Ken Doctor, a longtime media analyst, noted that newspapers have been struggling to replace revenue lost from declining subscriptions and print advertisements moving online. He suggested that when publications run propaganda like the “China Watch” sections, they should take care to be fully explicit about the source.
The Register is nearly all propaganda as it is. Maybe the Chinese could buy time on fatass Steve Deace’s radio show, oops he got canned and just has a crappy podcast now.
CNN mocked President Trump for mentioning that China had been trying to influence our elections for some time now (not just Russia).
Mexico too.
The big question is, did the DMR also run a companion story telling its readers about little green Chinese men digging corn seeds out of corn fields in the dark? Or stealing seeds and trade secrets from seed companies in order to replace American product on the world market with Chinese grown (American) product? No? Shame on them.
China needs us more than we need them?
The Des Moines Pravda would’ve run it for free.
The Des Moines Register is owned by Gannett.
Nuff said.
Who reads the Des Moines Register anymore ?
They don’t and can’t understand Americans.
Put Reka Basu on the case.
She’s known for her great Sunday Weeper Pieces...
"Hey lets give a whole section to the Chinese, because we cannot spew enough propaganda on our own."
These people are joke. However, there are plenty of stupid, ignorant people who will read this and be swayed.
Heh. China’s just wasting money. They don’t understand our culture. They think if that make nice with the Midwest, they’ll get pro-China votes and pro-China reps in Congress.
Foreign policy isn’t even a blip on the radar screen of the American voter. They care about taxes, jobs, the economy, and maybe, some social issues like abortion and homosexual marriage.
Essentially, the movie portrays chinese state agencies and characters in very glowing terms.
Looks like Hollywood is also paid for.
Actually China’s not wasting it’s money. The generations today eat anything they’re fed. They believe in a utopia world where everyone is a World Citizen....brainless they buy into it so this fits i rather nicely with China’s worldwide ambitions.....only they want to rule it all.
Hollywood has no loyalties except to itself and whoever lines their purses.
So your argument is that the propaganda may work on dumb millennials. Maybe so. But are they reading the Des Moines Register? Probably not.
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