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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Wang Xiangwei

上有所“恶”,下必甚焉. The disdain and contempt for the chattering classes come from the very top. And they are in the genes of the revolutionary elite and have certainly been passed on to many princelings. I’m not sure if they understand this attitude feeds the worst assessment/suspensions. Maybe many of them don’t care.

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Nov 9, 2022Liked by Wang Xiangwei

Right on point. Quite a pity that Fang - who knows better - should feel obligated to point fingers at international media. Reminds me of Ambassador Qin Gang asking Americans to "shut up" if they have nothing to "nice" to say. And as you know EU Council President's address to CIEE in Shanghai was simply censored on 4 November.

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Two obstacles to Fang's prescription: 1) Zero Covid prevents investors from visiting China as he suggests and 2) Foreign journalists are not freely welcomed in either Hong Kong or China. This is an own goal.

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Nov 8, 2022·edited Nov 8, 2022

I disagree with this approach.

The vast majority of Anglo media are racist lab leakers who want to embargo and bomb China.

They believe and perpetrate any number of lies about China. They insinuate the lab leak conspiracy despite any number of increasing scientific evidence against it. They create their Xinjiang genocide/concentration camp/mass rape/mass sterilization/slavery Lie of the Century by using pictures of prisons and unhappy prisoners, which every country has. They demand video of Hong Kong cockroaches lynching people be censored for portraying "violence" but gleefully post a Hong Kong police officer doing any "violence" against a cockroach.

They dream of Taiwan/Hong Kong/Xinjiang/Tibet/Inner Mongolia/basically any Chinese province seceding from China.

These Anglo racists are professional liars, with decades of experience, who can't post a single picture of China without putting in gray BBC filter to make China look evil.

You do not engage with racist lab leakers who want to bomb China into the Stone Age.

You do not try to help a racist lab leaker who wants to embargo China better understand China.

Instead, you prevent access and you bore them.

You do not allow them to enter China. If you must because America demands it, you do not allow them to hire Chinese assistants other than CCP members - of course Anglo racists can't speak Chinese to save their propagandist lives. You do not allow them to travel outside Beijing to film more misleading BBC filter videos (China used to have a great rule prohibiting Anglo reporters from traveling outside Beijing - it should be brought back).

You also bore them. If they ask a question, you read them back a prepared statement. Xi doesn't do press conferences or interviews (probably because he would suck at them); he's boring and only reads paragraphs of jargon that send Anglo racist lab leaker journalists to sleep - that is a great strategy that all of China should follow. Btw I'm not a Xi supporter; he should retire yesterday.

CCP officials have no media experience and suck at media. Let them freelance in front of the master-lying Anglo media, and you're basically sending babes into the lion's den. Don't do it. Keep it boring, read prepared statements, and eliminate access.

(Btw this only applies for Anglo racists. EU, Indian, Japanese, Korean international media - knock your socks off engaging.)

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