News Analysis
After the Chinese spy balloon incident, the Chinese regime denied its involvement in spying on U.S. military assets, and recently, it has been ramping up anti-American propaganda domestically.
China’s internet is filled with disinformation about the United States, including false information about an impending U.S.-China war. It is important to note that the Chinese internet is one of the most censored in the world and that China has created its version of YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc., which are compliant with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) censors.
On Feb. 16, Shijiazhuang city in Hebei Province experienced many flight delays and cancellations. Chinese social media were immediately flooded with false reports claiming it was due to war between the United States and China. According to a statement from the Civil Aviation Administration of North China, the flight groundings were due to “a flying object that was later confirmed as a balloon.”…