China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. on Facebook, a Platform It Bans at Home<br />Recently, for example, Xinhua posted an article titled “China’s IP protection system works well, says U. S. professional” — a rebuke of a congressional investigation into Chinese trade policies<br />that critics say encourage intellectual property theft.<br />A more anodyne post offered a ham-handed attempt to find common ground between China<br />and the United States, pointing to the basketball player Yao Ming, pandas and American students making dumplings as examples of the countries’ close relationship.<br />China’s propaganda efforts are in the spotlight with President Trump visiting the country<br />and American lawmakers investigating foreign powers’ use of technology to sway voters in the United States.<br />While much of it is unlikely to sway the average American’s mind, such posts reach people across the world, many of whom are newer to the internet<br />and may have a less sophisticated understanding of media.
