It’s primarily about discrediting the US abroad.
No evidence of IRA-style covert, divisive activity at this stage.
@Graphika_NYC
graphika.com/posts/briefing…
“Not even the US would sit idle should one of its cities be threatened by such mob violence.”
global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202005/27/WS…
Here’s the deputy foreign minister, @zlj517, retweeting typical posts.
China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, @SpokesperonCHN, to her US counterpart, @Statedeptspox.
globaltimes.cn/content/119010…
Now here’s the same minister likening them to a knee on the neck.
Here’s a cartoon from IUVM Pixel, part of the IUVM network of Iranian propaganda sites.
For more on IUVM, see medium.com/dfrlab/trolltr…