China's propaganda machine is to propaganda what the US war machine is to war: Perpetual Losers.
US loses military battles even with conventional advantages on its side, while China loses PR battles even with the truth on its side.
Two recent examples illustrate this perfectly:
US loses military battles even with conventional advantages on its side, while China loses PR battles even with the truth on its side.
Two recent examples illustrate this perfectly:
The first is the Taiwan/WHO fiasco, when Taiwan lied that it "warned" the WHO of human-to-human transmission before China did. The media spread the lie.
China utterly failed to capitalize on this incident, even though it was right the whole time:
China utterly failed to capitalize on this incident, even though it was right the whole time:
The other is the Sino-Indian border dispute. China's refusal to even slightly exploit the package deal it offered to India multiple times - with India refusing each time - is astonishing.
Imagine how much China could shift the discourse with this tactic.
Imagine how much China could shift the discourse with this tactic.
Yet, such basic propaganda norms are perhaps too much to expect at this time, given the state of Chinese propaganda today.
At present, China would do well to simply focus on releasing its white papers in PDF format instead of DOC. 😂😂
At present, China would do well to simply focus on releasing its white papers in PDF format instead of DOC. 😂😂
