Pandémia urýchlila šírenie propagandy. Čína nikdy na Slovensku nebola na vrchole politickej agendy. Záujmom vládnucich sociálno-demokratických politikov, ktorí boli pri moci od roku 2006 do marca 2020 s krátkou prestávkou v rokoch 2010 – 2012, bol maximálne rozvoj obchodných interakcií s Čínou, pričom otázky bezpečnosti a ľudských práv zostali často opomenuté. Ale v roku 2020… Continue reading COVID-19 a meniaca sa taktika čínskej propagandy na Slovensku
China has never been really at the top of the political agenda in Slovakia. The interests of the ruling SMER — Social Democracy party, which was in power from 2006 until March 2020 besides a short interval in 2010–2012, began th development of trade interactions with China, often forgetting about security or human rights issues.… Continue reading COVID-19 and China’s changing propaganda tactics in Slovakia
During the Coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese propaganda machine has begun adopting novel tactics, mimicking approaches that thus far had been generally associated with the Kremlin. Over the past few years, many in the West have become used to reports of Russian state-sponsored media disinformation campaigns, as well as more subtle online bot activity. Indeed, it… Continue reading Learning from the Russians: Beijing’s changing media tactics at a time of Coronavirus
Conspiracy theories may be paving the way for the Communist Party to duck blame if Covid-19 spikes again in China. Why are Chinese officials now peddling the sort of conspiracy theories that claim Covid-19 is a man-made virus engineered in US military bases and unleashed on to an unwitting China, or even that it originated in Italy… Continue reading Beijing may be readying propaganda for virus ‘second wave’
Eskalácia hongkonských protestov proti extradičnému zákonu a rastúcemu politickému vplyvu komunistickej strany na ostrove priniesla aj celosvetové šírenie čínskych dezinformácií. Pekinská propaganda neobišla ani Slovensko. Zatiaľ čo celý svet s napätím tŕpne, či čínska armáda podnikne vojenskú intervenciu do protestami zmietaného Hongkongu, slovenský týždenník Trend publikoval článok z pera čínskeho veľvyslanca na Slovensku Lin Lina. V článku titulovanom „Čína… Continue reading Ako slovenské médiá uverejnili čínsku propagandu
