Dear friends, I couldn’t leave the China beat without one last story about how Beijing is using Western social media as a propaganda megaphone for the wider world. This one is about Westerners living in China who speak up on YouTube for the Communist Party’s policies — and sometimes get money or clicks from state entities in return.
NYT: influencing the influencers
NYT: influencing the influencers
NYT: influencing the influencers
Dear friends, I couldn’t leave the China beat without one last story about how Beijing is using Western social media as a propaganda megaphone for the wider world. This one is about Westerners living in China who speak up on YouTube for the Communist Party’s policies — and sometimes get money or clicks from state entities in return.