China’s It is well-known that the government has tight control over media and the internet and can silence speech. One Problem is that Beijing It does not want to be silent about all voices except its own, but wants to spread that same message throughout the globe.
The Organisation Reporters Without Borders Gives China It ranked 175th out 180. World Press Freedom Index 2022. Only Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Iran, Eritrea North Korea You will be ranked lower
In A visit to three state-run media outlets in 2016. Chairman Xi Jinping Famously, editors and reporters were required to show loyalty towards the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “The media run by the party and the government are the propaganda fronts and must have the party as their family name … All the work by the party’s media must reflect the party’s will, safeguard the party’s authority and safeguard the party’s unity. They must love the party, protect the party and closely align themselves with the party leadership in thought, politics and action.”
In The media’s role is to not tell the truth or expose errors but to merely parrot what will keep the CCP in control. This This is why Chinese State media can’t be trusted as they are loyal to the CCP.
China’s CCP’s manifesto shows paranoia about information Propaganda Department. Indeed, Sun Yeli, Vice Minister This department offered some advice. Hollywood This month. He declared, “We hope the quality of American films can continue to be improved on the basis of respecting our culture, customs and audience behaviours.”
Sun added, “We will import from whichever countries that make better films, and films that are more suitable for the taste of the Chinese audience.” The The last sentence is better translated as “more suitable for the taste of the CCP”.
Sun’s The message was clear: Hollywood Either you can accept the propaganda of CCP or you can wave goodbye to it Chinese market. In 2021, Hollywood’s Part of the Chinese The film market fell to a record low of just 28 American Films are released This As compared to 50 in 2019, Xi Reduced Western Influence over his shackled China. CCP control of Chinese Media is absolute and anyone who doesn’t follow the party line will be punished. PresentlyThere are 108 journalists in prison, the highest number of any country. Reporters Without Borders Also, it should be noted that Hong Kong The world’s 148th-worst press freedom ranking dropped by a staggering 68 places in 2022.
The Organization stated: “In the eyes of the regime, the media’s function is to be the party’s mouthpiece and to impart state propaganda. Independent journalists and bloggers who dare to report ‘sensitive’ information are often placed under surveillance, harassed, detained and in some cases tortured. To receive and renew their press cards, journalists must download the Study Xi, Strengthen the Country propaganda application that can collect their personal data.”
China’s constitution guarantees “freedom of speech [and] of the press”However, such promises are absurd. Acting With impunity China Journalists are accused by the accusation of subversion, espionage or picking quarrels and inciting trouble to silence them.
Furthermore, Reporters Without Borders noted: “Independent journalists can be legally placed in solitary confinement for six months under Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location in China’s ‘black prisons’, where they are deprived of legal representation and may be subjected to torture.”
It concluded: “President Xi Jinping, in power since 2013, has restored a media culture worthy of the Maoist era, in which freely accessing information has become a crime, and to provide information about an even greater crime. China’s state and privately owned media are under the communist party’s ever-tighter control, while the administration creates more and more obstacles for foreign reporters.”
This This type of control allows CCP to influence public opinion and glorify state. During The recent spat with Taiwan More than US House Speaker Nancy PelosiFor example, he visited China Manipulated the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA), unprecedented joint exercises as part a mass disinformation campaign.
One For example, the image of a fake PLA Air Force PLA concocted the mission “media fusion centre” On 15 August Distributed by Xinhua. The Faked image showing an aircraft near the Taiwanese Island of Penghu The middle of the Taiwan Strait. SimilarlyAnother image shows a PLA warship close by. Taiwan It was clearly photoshopped. Such Signalling is also known as “cognitive warfare”This is a way to get your opponent to quit fighting and to cheer you on.
Or What about? China’s Internet is hemmed in and controlled by the Great Firewall?
Since His reign began at the beginning Xi Propaganda has been promoted and censorship doubled. At His first Propaganda Ideological Work Conference 2013 Xi The critical nature of the “public opinion struggle” “telling Chinese stories well”. Xi The following is a list “seven baselines”The foundation of Chinese At that time, censorship.
The The next significant move was made in 2015. Xi Universities were required to hire and cancel foreign VPNs “network civilization volunteers”. Their The numbers rose by hundreds of thousands, creating an estimated 20 million-strong paid internet army. Plus, two million professional internet commentators, which are directly employed by the government. Cyberspace Administration Of China (CAC). Many “volunteers” Students at universities or members of the Communist Youth League.
Prior From 2008 to 2018, the internet was monitored by a number of CCP and government offices. This Inefficient. So, a reorganization was initiated and the CAC was established. Network Security Bureaus (departments within The Public Security Bureau) took up the mantle. The Former “organizes the ecological governance of online public opinion” “coordinates the disposal of harmful online information”. It It oversees state-owned media and local branches to monitor information spread. “50 Cent Party” Toll-free number: “guide the trend of public opinion” Both indoors and outdoors China.
Network Security Bureaus Netizens can be punished for breaking the law, while officers of the police can send out direct messages warning them. The Orwellian CAC warns “The cyber police are right by your side. The eyes of the supervisor are watching you. You will tighten a string, and you will have the necessary scruples. You will exercise restraint and rationality when you post and write messages.”
Lu WeiThe CAC chief between 2013-16 was sentenced to prison for corruption in 2019. The state described him as “tyrannical” “shameless”?, and Xi Placed his close associate Zhuang Rongwen Over the CAC for 2018. In November In that year Zhuang Invited WeChat Sina Weibo Meeting with executives to discuss how social-media giants undermine censorship China. He They were scathingly accused of it “breeding chaos in the media” “endangering social stability and the interests of the masses”.
This This marked a significant milestone for censorship in China. It Although it was already tight, it got even worse. China’s 900 million netizens Interestingly, Chinese Party offices spent more USD6.6 billion in 2020 to guide and monitor public opinion online. However, Ryan FedasiukResearch analyst at Georgetown University’s Center For Security Emerging Technology When purchasing power parity takes into account, the number may be closer to USD13 billion.
FedasiukIn an article for The Jamestown Foundation Notable think-tank in USA: “Broadly speaking, the party’s censorship activities fall into one of two categories: first, silencing netizens that stand against its interests – including ‘democracy activists’, ‘rights lawyers’ and ‘dissidents’ at home and abroad – and second, generating noise to crowd out online discussions of sensitive topics.”
The CAC pays money for social media sentiment analysis firms, trains internet trolling and pays the salaries and benefits of web content moderators and system administrators. Remembering That China With 1.4 billion people, cleaning up the internet every day can be a daunting task. In 2020: CAC accepts 138 million reports plus “illegal and bad information,” Most of the time, on Sina Weibo Baidu. While spam is the majority of this, there are also significant political censorships.
China’s Public Security Bureau Created the “Golden Shield” In the 2000s, this allowed the authorities to monitor the internet to the last. It It was almost complete in 2008, however, upgrades continue.
Something A global arms race for internet organizations is also underway. Just last month, Beijing It attempted to change the rules of global internet by announcing that it would alter its annual World Internet Conference into a permanent organization for “global internet development and governance”. This Organisation is part Beijing’s Long-term strategic plan and Xi Loyal Zhuang The first director of the CAC is expected to be named.
Beijing According to 18 nations/regions, they are currently aboard Xi’s Proposal, including luminaries in human rights like Afghanistan, Cambodia, North Korea Syria. Xi Cyber sovereignty is being advocated by the United States, which gives governments complete control over online activity (e.g. surveillance and censorship, with privacy and freedom to express and be thrown out.
This “dictators ‘r us” Grouping will be of limited appeal but China The struggle to take control of the country has been ongoing for many years. International Telecommunications UnionThe United Nations agency for information technology and communications. Its Chinese-born Secretary-General Zhao Houlin Is championing Huawei Technology, which could help China Use the internet and 5G to your advantage
Of Foreign concerns are a concern “helpful idiots” Subscribe to China’s View the internet. Incidentally, billionaire Elon Musk Published an opinion piece in July’s issue of China CyberspaceThe official magazine of CAC. In The first ever such piece written by a foreigner. Musk called on “like-minded Chinese partners” To help him build a “future worth waiting for”.
Musk You must be aware of what the CAC actually is. It’s a censorship body that promotes the party narrative and keeps out non-CCP or foreign ideas. There There is no way this administration will change its direction. Musk’s at anyone’s request. Musk should be considered as consorting and supporting the enemy Furthermore, Musk It claims to value freedom speech, but has been criticized American Policy on COVID. Yet In ChinaIn addition, the government is absolutely repressive of freedom speech. Machiavellian It all comes down to Covid restrictions. MuskHe claimed that he was aiming to fight against censorship. TwitterHere, he is cooperating with one the most egregious perpetrators of censorship in the world.
The average Chinese Persons are not allowed to say what they think. Twitter. Musk’s Hypocrisy is evident in actions.
China The internet is a battlefield to be dominated in order to win the global battle for democracy. “image sovereignty”. It It is importing its chilling ideas of censorship, propaganda. For instance, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare In the Solomon Islands The government is trying to place restrictions on foreign journalists and to establish a state newspaper. He A telecommunications agreement was also signed by the company. Huaweihe is training police to train with and delay the national election. Chinese instructors.
Nonetheless, China’s Propaganda messages in the West It is often confused and bumbling, even though it seeks to erase indelible stains from its records – including its handling Covid-19, 2020 border confrontation IndiaIts aggressive bullying of TaiwanIts imprisonment of one million Uyghurs.
What While it might be a good idea at home, it doesn’t always translate well to a global audience. Fedasiuk commented: “On the few occasions that the party has mobilized trolls to meddle non-foreign platforms, they have been thwarted – with disastrous consequences for its broader propaganda apparatus. Simply put, by starting to swing around its bully pulpit, the CCP has spurred foreign social media platforms – already on guard against domestic and foreign disinformation campaigns – to respond forcefully, hurting the Chinese state’s global reputation and its ability to ‘tell Chinese stories well’.”
However, China’s These ham-fisted propaganda campaigns abroad are improving and evolving. This This can be seen in the replacement of propaganda tones with stories in an attempt to subtly alter foreigners’ perceptions. China.
UnfortunatelyThe success of the CCP propaganda at home shows that narrow-minded nationalism is rampant. ChinaIt is also tolerant of smaller countries, and shows superciliousness. Some It was described as having “an immature sense of national greatness”It is largely due to its own propaganda.