There are universal principles that work - being first, framing, word choice, repetition, simplification, working on emotion, social proof, etc. I want them to use effective universal principles. It has no nationality. The West uses the universal principles to win.
Is using a double blind research experiment setup becoming Western? You're conflating things.
The usa successfully shifted the blame for their biological weapons attack onto the victim, China. They got a lot of Middle Easterners to believe China committed genocide on Uyghurs. People still believe tank man got run over by a tank. They duped Chinese people into thinking the West is a utopia. The vast majority of people are not high iq. Good luck with avoiding people getting duped.
These are universal principles that work. Knowing what they are and when to use them is a skill. For example see - things that are repeated often are more likely to be believed whether they are true or false.
This is not for you to decide. China already wants to "tell China's story better". And the best way to do that is to use effective communication tactics that are universal. Tiktok is global and can reach users (possibly excluding usa in the future). Tiktok refugees at XHS show that Western hard power control is not invincible.
The example is irrelevant to soft power / psychological warfare. You're talking about their internal speaking style within an organization. How is "- under promise, over deliver" going to help counter a Western psyop like the Xinjiang atrocity propaganda?
Again, there are universal principles that work. No one is is saying China should lie, exaggerate, be a mouth cannon, spread hate, etc like the imperial West. For example, is it going to ruin our culture to use more repetition so an idea sticks? If so, how?
China has already westernized a lot. The politburo wears western suits and ties. Disney has theme parks brainwashing Chinese kids all day long inside China. We have night clubs, bars, raves, extreme feminism, plastic surgery to look more Western, a lot of Christian converts, celebrate Christmas, obesity, etc. Using universal communication principles should be the least of your worries.
That doesn't apply to using universal communication principles.
This is not going to change Chinese culture. It's not going to Westernize anyone. It's like you're freaking out over Indian mental-math shortcuts. Using the shortcuts changes nothing about Chinese culture. It just makes math easier to do.
Using universal communication principles doesn't change Chinese culture. It just makes influence easier to achieve. Do you understand?
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