Wolf warrior at it again. Is there anything wrong with wanting to know the truth behind a #pandemic that cancelled the entire 2020?
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#ccp #china #huxijin #globaltimes #propaganda #statemedia #dominicraab #diplomacy #uk #britain #english #diyms

Twitter Bans Trump but Condones China's Propaganda, Netizens Say

Twitter announced on Friday (January 8) that it has permanently blocked Donald Trump's personal account (@realDonaldTrump) with the concerns of the risks of further incitement to violence. The practice has aroused heated debate among netizens, many of whom say that banning speech is a common tactic used by the Chinese Communist Party, criticizing Silicon Valley for turning into the Chinese Communist Party. Twitter has not seen any major action even when Chinese official media and Foreign Ministry spokesperson use the platform to make propaganda or even send out fake news.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying posted a short video about COVID-19 on her Twitter account (@SpokespersonCHN) on Friday (January 8), saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words. Fighting #COVID19, a memory that will not be forgotten.” The video was viewed more than 7,000 times in just two hours, with more than 300 people giving Like and more than 50 comments. Most of the comments praised China for its greatness, happiness for its people and rejuvenation for its nation. Some even thanked China for "leading the world" in the fight against the virus. But Twitter does not put on the fact-check tag in the feed.

Another Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, became notorious last May when his Twitter account (@zlj517) cited a report from the official media Global Times that the U.S. military brought the COVID-19 into China. Twitter added a fact-check tag to it without deleting the post or the Global Times report. In last December, Zhao further antagonized China-Australia relation by uploading a fake picture of an Australian soldier. But his Twitter account is still up and running.

Source: Apple Daily #Jan09

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210109/Q573KZC75VGWHK5HM46WDQW5VU/

#Twitter #TwitterCensorship #PoliticalCensorshipinUS #USPresident #DonaldTrump #ChinesePropaganda #CCPPropaganda #ChineseForeignMinistry #HuaChunying #ZhaoLijian #COVID19 #GlobalTimes

Mainland China Re-examines Mobile Apps and Bans New User Registration; The Global Times: US-listed Science and Technology Enterprises Need Stricter Supervision

China Cyber Security Review Office announced on 5th July that due to the risk of national security and public benefits, they are reviewing the network safety to “Full Delivery”, “Truck Gang” and “Boss Appointment”. During the review period, those three apps will ban new registration. The announcement stated that it was based on the “National Security Law of the People’s Republic of China” and the “Network Security Law of the People’s Republic of China” to prevent risks from expanding. This action targets the Chinese technological enterprises listed in the United States after the mainland government requested “DiDi Travels" being delisted on 4th July.

The Internet Information Office also announced on 4th July that another mobile app “DiDi” has a serious violation of laws and regulations on collecting and using personal information. The office notified the app store to remove an app from DiDi Technology Co. Ltd based on the “Network Security Law of the People’s Republic of China” regulation. The office also requested that the Company strictly follows the legal requirements and refers to the relevant national standards to seriously rectify the existing problems, effectively protecting the personal information security of users.

Source: Stand News #Jul05

https://bit.ly/3BhZRP8

#China #Network #SecurityLaw #NationalSecurity #Risk #UnitedStates #PersonalInformation #GlobalTimes #MobileApps #Regulations #TruckGang

CCTV Again Questions the US Having "an Ulterior Motive" for Joining Wuhan Military World in 2019 Without Seeking Gold

With more than 200 million COVID-19 infections, the whole world is trying to trace the source of the pandemic. While some in the US have suspected the virus was the leakage from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China continues to wage a public opinion war, questioning the US to be the source of the virus. Following 25 million signatures collected by the Chinese tabloid Global Times, accusing US Fort Detrick laboratory of leaking the virus, official China media CCTV published another article on the 11th on the "Wuhan Military World theory", which proposed that a US athlete joining the game to be the "patient zero" and had transmitted the virus to China.

However, foreign media, such as CNN, has dismissed this claim. China-labelled "Patient zero" Maatje Benassi said that she has never been diagnosed in COVID-19 but has become a talking point of Chinese netizens, with her home address posted on the internet. "It's like waking up from a bad dream going into a nightmare day after day", she said.

Source: Stand News #Aug12

https://bit.ly/387UW67

#COVID19 #WuhanMilitaryWorld #WuhanInstituteOfVirology #FortDetrick #PatientZero #MaatjeBenassi #GlobalTimes #CCTV #CNN #China #US

The head of state-backed newspaper #GlobalTimes, Hu Xijin, announced he would step back from his job.

He wrote that he "would continue to do [his] best for the [Communist] Party’s news and public opinion work.”

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CCP Mouthpiece Warns Against "Sinophobia" as Ukraine Hits Back at Chinese Insults

As the world voices support for #Ukraine, Chinese netizens have poked fun at the situation, suggesting that the war be prolonged and the more attractive ones among Ukraine’s women be “imported” into #China. The remarks have caused anger among Ukrainians, and Chinese students in Ukraine are reportedly trying to pass for Japanese. In defence of the Chinese netizenry, #HuXijin, now a special commentator for the Chinese state tabloid #GlobalTimes, wrote that it is completely Ukraine’s fault if Sinophobia breaks out in the country, asking rhetorically “where in the world Internet [discussions] are thoroughly rational”.

In a Weibo post published on 27 February, Hu says that the Chinese people are generally very friendly to Ukraine and wish Ukrainians peace. But while acknowledging that Chinese netizens need to be reminded to stay calm and refrain from triggering other communities, Hu says “it mustn’t be accepted as a reason for the foreign world to take revenge on Chinese expats”.

“It is a crime for anyone to persecute the Chinese citizens in Ukraine,” he adds, “and it’s nothing short of making himself an enemy of the People’s Republic of China. It definitely won’t end well for [him].”

Source: Apple Daily Taiwan #Feb27

https://bit.ly/3HIFpce

China State Media Demonizes its Netizens' #StandWithUkraine Effort

Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Chinese-language comments supporting the aggression and deriding Ukrainian women were made by #LittlePink and opinion leaders on various social media platforms in China. Other Chinese-speaking netizens, who were appalled at these comments and behaviors, began translating them into other languages and posting them online for the world to see.

Calling themselves "The Great Translation Movement", the volunteer translators soon caught the attention of international media - as well as China's own propaganda machine.

Global Times, a tabloid owned by the Chinese Communist Party, condemned these volunteer translation efforts for painting China in a negative light. In a Weibo post on March 17, 2022, The Party mouthpiece called the translations an "evil force", inciting Anti-China hate on the Internet and endangering China as a whole. It also accused the participants to be supported by "foreign, anti-China forces", suggesting that they lacked "normal morals" and could not bear to see China's successful development - and its "temporary problems".

See also: Chinese in Ukraine Are Trying to Pass for Japanese as Anger Grows over Pro-Invasion Comments by ‘Little Pink’
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/312

Source: Global Times Weibo, The Great Translation Movement Twitter #Mar17
https://twitter.com/TGTM_Official/status/1504448184763904001?t=WLgra5Yo_4hpAR0H37dD3Q&s=19

#Regime #GlobalTimes #Propaganda #TheGreatTranslationMovement

#InternationalRelations
#SouthKorea’s Intelligence Agency Has Joined NATO’s Cyber Defense Unit; #China Isn’t Happy

//On Thursday, May 5, 2022, South Korea’s spy agency became the first in Asia to join #NATO’s Cyber Defense Group in a move that risks inflaming tensions with regional superpower China.

In response, #HuXiJin, the strident editor of Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) mouthpiece The #GlobalTimes, tweeted that the move was an affront to Beijing and even lays the groundwork for war in Asia. “If South Korea takes a path of turning hostile against its neighbors, the end of this path could be a #Ukraine,” he wrote.

Despite hosting some of the world’s top tech companies, like #LG and #Samsung, South Korea has been a surprising laggard regarding cybercrime and only launched a National Cybersecurity Strategy under the #MoonJaeIn administration in 2018.

This is despite South Korea being the principle target of increasingly frequent cyberattacks from across the DMZ. A crack squad of 6,800 North Korean agents are engaged in fraud, blackmail and online gambling that together generate some $860 million annually, according to the Korea Institute of Liberal Democracy in Seoul. Many attacks originate from inside China.//

Source: Time #May6

#Cyberattack #Seoul #Beijing #ChinaThreat