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The Chinese government is hilariously bad at foreign propaganda. Seriously, just look at any of their official media channels. The US has a million times more experience in this business - it has Hollywood, it funds thousands of "non-governmental organizations" all over the world, it knows how to advertise.

The people who are worried that 15-second videos on TikTok are somehow part of a long-term plan by the Chinese government to subtly change Americans' opinions are giving the Chinese government far too much credit.




Or is it genius? If your content sucks, let others generate it, measure traction, then influence what voices you want heard.

Now, it likely wasn’t planned out this way, but the benefits to manipulation now are obvious.




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