Fortune Magazine is owned by the same family that owns CP Group, Thailand’s largest conglomerate. Their economic interests in China are clear.

Hear them boast on Wikipedia:

“When China opened up its economy in 1978, the CP Group was the very first foreign investor in the country and became the first foreign company registered in the special economic zone of Shenzhen, Guangdong. The company is the single largest investor in Mainland China today commanding over fifth of China's entire feed meal market.[5] The corporate registration number was "0001."

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charoen_Pokphand

Sometimes I wonder why HN posters are so instigated by the word propaganda, esp China.

How is it propaganda? If propaganda, is it pro or anti China? It's calling attention to China's emergency from agrarian so society to glob superpower, by noting some major if arbitrary milestones.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg learned Mandarin as an adult. The world is changing in a way most people ignore but people who care notice. It's up to you to decide if it's changing for better or for worse.