“In effect, Alibaba has taken Hong Kong’s English-language paper of record since the days of British rule and put it on the leading edge of China’s efforts to project soft power abroad. Every day, The Post churns out dozens of articles about China, many of which seek to present a more positive view of the country. As it does, critics say it is moving away from independent journalism and pioneering a new form of propaganda.”
South China Morning Post?
Gotta train ourselves to use archive.is when posting links to enemy media. Our clicks help them sell more advertising.
Fuck, why did I click. Dammit.
Nice to see China is annoyed at what Musk is doing though, or they wouldn't have made a propaganda piece complaining about him.
Hong Kong’s “newspaper of record” has served as pro-CCP propaganda at least since the recent acquisition by alibaba group in 2016.
Per NYT (I know, I know; archive link FYI):
“In effect, Alibaba has taken Hong Kong’s English-language paper of record since the days of British rule and put it on the leading edge of China’s efforts to project soft power abroad. Every day, The Post churns out dozens of articles about China, many of which seek to present a more positive view of the country. As it does, critics say it is moving away from independent journalism and pioneering a new form of propaganda.”