First we have Schrodinger's China, now we have Schrodinger's Xi.
Xi be like:
Xi be like:
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How it started:
Gordie Chang salivating at these news
How it ended:
Singapore broadcaster CNA: "but at what cost"
Gordie Chang salivating at these news
How it ended:
Singapore broadcaster CNA: "but at what cost"
You do realise that Singapore broadsheets don't really report? They barely have any reporters on staff.
What they do is just regurgitate news feeds - In this case, from Reuters (it's in the tag line)
What can China do to make their pov better carried? f.o.c feeds? less stiffly written editorials?
Hardly a surprise, remember how Meng got nabbed when transferring form Canadian airport, If they could arrest foreign nationals for setting foot in an ally country for 3 seconds, there's nothing they cannot do to their own citizen abroad.
Complete reunification of Taiwan. That'd remove the source of a whole load of Sinophobic propaganda.
You'll have to replace the whole media landscape with something new. It's a bit like you can't beat them in making ICE cars because they are too entrenched, but with EVs everyone now start from the same starting line and you have a chance for overtake.
Media is a weapon they control and there's nothing you can do to turn that into your weapon because why would they let you.
Well I say nothing but actually there is one thing: you need a Sputnik Moment - something so self evident that no spin can cover it up. Once it happens then people will start questioning the conventional narrative. When Sputnik was going beep beep beep no amount of trash talking USSR was a backwards country could cover up the fact that the world sleeps under a Soviet moon. Similarly in 10 years time if a Chinese person steps onto the moon while NASA is still not able to replicate 1969 then that would be such a moment.
You can actually see this happens sometime already on small scale. When Fujian was launched all the news reporting it was suddenly very straight and matter of fact. There's no "at what cost" or mistranslating 头破血流 or anything like that. They just reported all the facts including those slogans on the covers and what they meant. That 80,000 tons of diplomacy is unfortunately the only language they understand.
Do they really think these pilots will be hired to train PLAAF?
These people are too stupid. If it were me, I would take this opportunity. It would be a good information channel to understand the enemy's strength.
But I appreciate this point of the Five Eyes, they can always remind you of the original need to guard against enemies so tightly.