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"Content farms" promoting China's victory over the epidemic "backfires", authorities "fight falsehoods" to prevent Little Pinks from "being misled" and returning to China
(19 Mar) Recently, a string of articles on the "World Pandemic" appeared on the internet. The text in each article was the same except for the country's name. These "content farms" produced reports like "every country is losing control of the epidemic except China. Chinese people overseas should quickly return home and await further information." Our reporter learned from multiple sources that the creators behind these articles were - like Guo Hong - independent news site proprietors from Fuqing, Fujian. On Thursday (Mar 19), a group of people were accused and under investigation for "fabricating information to mislead many Chinese people to return home, endangering epidemic control efforts". Some analysts speculated, to prevent a "backfire", authorities promptly warned that reports on China's victory over the virus were triggering a wave of Chinese expats to return home, leading to a second outbreak. The authorities were making an example of the accused group to "fight falsehoods". (Reported by Huang Shanshan & Wen Haixin)
Fuqing's independent media proprietor Guo Hong admitted that after fabricating the "World Pandemic" web articles, many Little Pinks* from overseas took it at face value and made plans to return to China.
//A sudden influx of Little Pinks would likely cause the situation to deteriorate again.
//many overseas Chinese were brainwashed by the CCP over many years. Even after emigrating, they continued to rely on official government information and independent media from China.
//these self-serving wumao+ foreign propaganda contractors were duly abandoned.
//The CCP's implementation of compulsory quarantine fees for arrivals broke the hearts of the previously patriotic Chinese from overseas.
Full translation
https://telegra.ph/Content-farms-promoting-Chinas-victory-over-the-epidemic-backfires-authorities-fight-falsehoods-to-prevent-Little-Pinks-from-bei-03-29
Source: RFA
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lie-03192020083325.html
Further reading:
CCP’s Propaganda Tactics
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19038
#GuoHong #ChinesePropaganda #OverseasChinese #LittlePinks
"Content farms" promoting China's victory over the epidemic "backfires", authorities "fight falsehoods" to prevent Little Pinks from "being misled" and returning to China
(19 Mar) Recently, a string of articles on the "World Pandemic" appeared on the internet. The text in each article was the same except for the country's name. These "content farms" produced reports like "every country is losing control of the epidemic except China. Chinese people overseas should quickly return home and await further information." Our reporter learned from multiple sources that the creators behind these articles were - like Guo Hong - independent news site proprietors from Fuqing, Fujian. On Thursday (Mar 19), a group of people were accused and under investigation for "fabricating information to mislead many Chinese people to return home, endangering epidemic control efforts". Some analysts speculated, to prevent a "backfire", authorities promptly warned that reports on China's victory over the virus were triggering a wave of Chinese expats to return home, leading to a second outbreak. The authorities were making an example of the accused group to "fight falsehoods". (Reported by Huang Shanshan & Wen Haixin)
Fuqing's independent media proprietor Guo Hong admitted that after fabricating the "World Pandemic" web articles, many Little Pinks* from overseas took it at face value and made plans to return to China.
//A sudden influx of Little Pinks would likely cause the situation to deteriorate again.
//many overseas Chinese were brainwashed by the CCP over many years. Even after emigrating, they continued to rely on official government information and independent media from China.
//these self-serving wumao+ foreign propaganda contractors were duly abandoned.
//The CCP's implementation of compulsory quarantine fees for arrivals broke the hearts of the previously patriotic Chinese from overseas.
Full translation
https://telegra.ph/Content-farms-promoting-Chinas-victory-over-the-epidemic-backfires-authorities-fight-falsehoods-to-prevent-Little-Pinks-from-bei-03-29
Source: RFA
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lie-03192020083325.html
Further reading:
CCP’s Propaganda Tactics
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19038
#GuoHong #ChinesePropaganda #OverseasChinese #LittlePinks
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"Content farms" promoting China's victory over the epidemic "backfires", authorities "fight falsehoods" to prevent Little Pinks…
(19 Mar) Recently, a string of articles on the "World Pandemic" appeared on the internet. The text in each article was the same except for the country's name. These "content farms" produced reports like "every country is losing control of the epidemic except…