If Russia needs to find some support amid the piling Western condemnation for its invasion of Ukraine, all it takes is a browse of the Chinese internet. In China’s tightly controlled online space, pro-Moscow sentiment dominates. Celebrities have been chastised for voicing sympathy for Ukraine. Hawkish Russian remarks are cheered. And some Chinese users have described Russian President Vladimir Putin as a hero standing up to the West. The enthusiasm has extended to e-commerce. Some Chinese have flocked to a Russian-owned online store that was said to be endorsed by the Russian Embassy in China, clearing shelves for most of its products from chocolates, to wafers and vodka. “Every chocolate is a bullet fired at the nazis, ypa!” wrote one buyer in the store’s review section, in an apparent reference to Putin’s claim that he wanted to “denazify” the country in justifying the invasion. The outlet, known as the Russian …
Pro-Russia Propaganda Proliferates in China as Moscow’s Isolation Grows
March 4, 2022
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