There is a question I've always been afraid to ask, with respect to the media ownership in South East Asia, how much does the Chinese diaspora and Jewish people have in common?
In Philippines for example, how much control do people of Chinese descent have in the media landscape?
Taipan control news outlet, Business Mirror, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, Hua Qiao control, Manila Times, Chinese mestiso, Inquirer and Philippine Star. So you can see there is NO pure Filipino owned MSM and mass media, so why there are a lot of misinformation especially against the Chinese? It's all about money and profit, who are the major contributor and high paying customers for advertising? The US govt, the American Corp and other Western multinational company's, Paying customer want to advertise their products and create a narrative that they are superior against their competitors. An example are the Japanese carmakers, they paid journalists to report about problems if acquiring Chinese Cars( how can they know as they haven't drove one) they connote cheap cars with low quality, they can't compete, since there is a xenophobia why not exploit it to their advantage.
