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- china@sopuli.xyz
The pager and walkie-talkie explosions that occurred in Lebanon on September 17 and 18 resulted in serious casualties and shocked the world. False information quickly circulated over social media among Chinese language users. […] For Chinese nationalists, the explosions provided an opportunity to justify the concerns about Western products and demonstrate that only Chinese-made electronic equipment can provide consumer safety.
Several themes emerged from the Chinese disinformation pieces:
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The scenes that falsely depicted the explosions
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The incorrect allegation that Taiwan, Israel, Japan, and the United States were part of a conspiracy network
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Concerns that iPhones could also explode
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The claim that wealthy Middle Eastern countries have quickly abandoned Western-made electronic devices in favor of Chinese products, particularly those made by Huawei
- technocrit ( @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•4 hours ago
It’s wasn’t “explosions”. It was a terrorist attack.
And yes, the USA was closely involved.
It’s hard to take the imperial news seriously.
- DdCno1 ( @DdCno1@beehaw.org ) 7•7 hours ago
The fourth one is absolutely hilarious. It demonstrates just how weak and insecure Chinese nationalism is that propagandists feel the need to create such a flimsy, self-congratulatory lie so that mainland citizens might feel something resembling pride about their crumbling dictatorship.
- technocrit ( @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•4 hours ago
propagandists feel the need to create such a flimsy, self-congratulatory lie so that mainland citizens might feel something resembling pride about their crumbling dictatorship.
Are you talking about china or usa?
- DdCno1 ( @DdCno1@beehaw.org ) 1•3 hours ago
There’s the expected whataboutism.