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Mar 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Influencers are the new face of China's propaganda.
"Hidden amongst the vlogs about puppies and makeup, they allow Beijing to whitewash its crimes against humanity."
A documentary by @VICEWorldNews featuring me 👉
@VICEWorldNews We talked about the propaganda strategy behind these videos, their links to the Chinese party-state, their relationship with private companies..
All this is included in our report 'Frontier Influencers: the new face of China's propaganda' available here: aspi.org.au/report/frontie…
Jan 5, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
In '22, we wrote about Annie Guli 安妮古丽 and a dozen other non-Han Chinese women on YT.
The Annie Guli channel is now gone. The Uyghur woman is being replaced by XinMei, a young Lisu woman from Yunnan.
Our @ASPI_org report explained why this happens and what's behind 1/6
First, here are some screenshots to show what I'm talking about:
1. archived Annie Guli channel (original link in purple⬆️) 2. google search results for '安妮古丽 YouTube' still show old result + new result 3. what you get when opening the original link now👀 2/
