In this article on baidu, there is a gap between 1988 and 1999, why is there nothing about some kind of protest that everyone keeps telling me about?


Edit: Thank you for responding, you have taught me a great deal about the usage and necessity of propaganda, counter-propaganda and censorship in a Marxist-Leninist state like China. Although some relied upon lies and insults as a means of trying to win an argunent, I got actual contentful theoretical education out of this, thanks.

  • Better Red Than Dead@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    So in short words, propaganda makers are lazy, want to work more efficiently, so they censor. Problem is China’s image in the liberal west, they use this again as propaganda. endless circle…

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      It’s not just a question of laziness IMO. Censorship can also take a lot of bureaucratic work. But it has a reliability advantage that counter-propaganda does not.

      Plus, the domestic situation is more important than what some liberals in the global north think. They will always find a way to hate China if the geopolitical situation calls for it, including funding terrorist organizations to stoke a proxy war to help destabilize China and then blaming China for carrying out a successful and relatively humane counterterrorism campaign. There’s no winning with these people. All you can do is your best.

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      It’s not lazy if they chose to do the solution that is more cost effective. On media sites, there are tons compare to 2-3 from China.

      I only see this event keep pooping up from the West, why bother do it if you’re out-gunned media-wise there?