Chinese viral AI videos are turning foreigners into villains, flooding Chinese social media. They depict foreigners as threats to China’s social, moral, and national order. Strong, confident Chinese people confront, violently beat, and humiliate them in defense of their country. See more below🧵
People in many countries have come to view China more favorably than the United States over the last few years, according to a new PEW Research poll www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/...
Every foreign TikTok/YouTube influencer in China now: "Western media is LYING to you! But I, the China Whisperer, will do something without precedent: Show you the REAL China!” (by which I mostly mean bullet trains, pretty tourist sites and LED-lit buildings in top-tier cities).
Wowza, hadn't realized how much housing prices have fallen in China--index of 4 major cities shows drop of 40% since 2021, double the fall in US during financial crisis (though fallout was far greater in US b/c of loan defaults & banking crisis). nytimes.com/video/world/...
Once again starting to see a whole lot of very serious, non-satirical commentaries that look almost exactly like this satirical commentary from almost a decade ago. web.archive.org/web/20170926...
1 in 3 student visa applications by foreign students wanting to study in the US were denied last year. The denial rate was 61% for Indians, the largest source of international students. Surprisingly, the denial rate for Chinese was below the average at 18% www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Student-Visa Denials Are Up
One in three applicants was refused a visa in 2025, new data show.
chronicle.com
The share of Americans with an unfavorable view toward China shot up from 47% to 83% between 2017 and 2023. But now that trend is reversing, down to 71% now. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
You’d think expensive oil would make our government focus on solar and wind energy, you would of course be wrong
wrote about Nick Shirley, Michael Moore, local TV news investigations and the future of both propaganda and investigative journalism. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
What a Viral YouTube Video Says About the Future of Journalism
A streamer’s investigation of fraud in Minnesota garnered millions of views. His content was questionable, but his methods will likely inspire scores of imitators.
newyorker.com
