Propaganda

The government says the US State Department’s decision to terminate a cultural exchange programme with Hong Kong is “short-sighted” and based on “false assumptions”. The department announced on Friday that it will terminate five exchange programmes with China, including the Hong Kong Cultural and Exchange Programme, with Secretary of State…

The US State Department said Friday it was terminating five Chinese-funded exchange programs with the United States, calling them propaganda tools for Beijing.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that these programs, conducted under a US law called the MECEA that permits American government employees to travel using…

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday (Dec 2) claimed a United Nations meeting of world leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic was being designed to allow Beijing to spread "propaganda", stoking months of bickering at the world body between the superpowers.The two-day meeting of the UN General Assembly begins on Thursday with about…

The image depicting a fictional Australian soldier holding a knife to a child’s throat tweeted by a diplomat from China can be called many things: art, propaganda, even in poor taste. But here’s one thing it is not: disinformation. Yesterday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian tweeted “Shocked by murder of Afghan…

In its latest bid for world domination, China has had its own version of kimchi certified with the International Organization for Standardization. That at any rate is how the propaganda rag Global Times understands it, crowing that Chinese kimchi has become the "standard" for the international market and Korea has…

Screenshot: Sony / KotakuAs I finished the short delight of Astro’s Playroom, sitting back in satisfaction at having defeated those daft dinosaurs, I found myself bathing in the warm glow of affection for a quarter-century of Sony technology, reminiscing about the days of… wait, hang on? I’ve never given a…

Judging from the description for 76 Days, I had an idea of what I was about to see. The story would not be entirely new, but I hoped the retrospective would be a potent reminder of what it was like at the beginning. I was looking for catharsis, to peel…

Last week, Tucker Carlson did something remarkable: He acknowledged, albeit with no small number of caveats, that the Trump campaign had provided zero evidence to support its most recent round of baseless allegations that millions of votes had been switched in the 2020 election. Sidney Powell, the conspiracy theorist who…

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Vladimir Putin seen in Moscow, Russia, on September 28, 2020. Alexei DruzhininTASS via Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin has wasted no time in seizing on US President Donald Trump's conspiracy theories about the 2020 election to boost Russia's strategic goals.In addition to saying he will not congratulate President-elect Joe Biden…