>Did you even bother to read the rest of your article in particular about the seven minute doc of a water dam/canal that transports drinking water from the south of China to Beijing (a water diversion system).
"And if the viewer still wasn't sure they're watching some pretty hard-hitting state propaganda, the main message of the seven-minute report is still to come in the form of a long quote from Xi Jinping. The Chinese president’s thought is shared as part of a glorious montage of birds flying in front of the Royal Palace, the Great Wall of China, combined with red flags flapping in slow motion, swelling music, and a caption in a deliberately contrasting colour:
“As long as the fundamental principles are upheld, all work will fall in place. We must uphold and strengthen the centralized, unified leadership of the Party’s Central Committee. We will improve the leadership systems by which the Party exercises overall leadership and coordinates the efforts of all sides. This will ensure that the Party’s solidarity and unity are maintained.”
It's hard to find the words after all that, and the anonymous producers of the Classic Thoughts by Xi Jinping in Foreign Languages must be aware of that too, as the show ends abruptly without any credits or additional information. Only the logos of the production companies are visible, with the biggest one being the logo of the state propaganda centre, CMG."
You know the documentary is already on Youtube, right? You can see what is being adapted.
It's the equivalent of North Korean state TV visits to factories interspersed with wisdom from the dear leader.
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tvfan (9241)
16 days ago
I already read all that from the article, It's just a doc/ad for a water transport system while glorifying them for it.
That's hardly propaganda. If they paid me enough to advertise it, I would also have allowed it.
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Skavau (10286)
16 days ago
Dude, you'd lose your shit if PBS or CNN or MSNBC aired a mini documentary including inspirational quotes from Xi Jinping about how great China is.
So much for your vociferous anti-China stance. Should I start calling you a simp for them?
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tvfan (9241)
16 days ago
It's just an ad for a water system.
We literally sell millions of their products each day, we stream their programs; tv-series/films, the list of what is done by/for China is extensive.
And you make an issue about a seven minute ad for a water transport system. lol
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Skavau (10286)
16 days ago
>We literally sell millions of their products each day, we stream their programs; tv-series/films, the list of what is done by/for China is extensive.
The US government does not actively promote their TV programs or films. And many of them are accessible only on Chinese-run streaming services.
The US is a democracy that doesn't censor what its people can see, so therefore its possible to people to choose, of their own volition, to access Chinese-based media content. That's different than the US government explicitly promoting the content and promoting short documentaries that praise the PRC government.
>And you make an issue about a seven minute ad for a water transport system. lol
Promoted by the state. I do not believe that if CNN was doing this you would be quiet.
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tvfan (9241)
16 days ago
Nonsense, their programs are available to anyone.
And their content is filled with real propaganda.
Different corporations in the USA literally simp for them using ads and commercials, and China even owns almost 3% of our farmland.
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Skavau (10286)
16 days ago
>Nonsense, their programs are available to anyone.
Yes. On Chinese streaming services. Americans can use them. They aren't geoblocked (that I know of - some might be).
>And their content is filled with real propaganda.
Notably not promoted by the US government.
>Different corporations in the USA literally simp for them using ads and commercials, and China even owns almost 3% of our farmland.
What corporations simp for them?
And how is that the same thing as the government doing so?
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