US Propaganda and why there has been a spike in Anti-Asian Hate

And this guy's top bio link is to the literal state-owned Chinese propaganda account.

It seems to me anyway that the headlines aren't really propaganda. I think we really do need to confront China on its policies. It is however good to remember that random people of asian descent do not control the CCP so the issue of seemingly rising anti-asian violence does need to be hit head-on.

I'm not saying it's a fake account, but... It's pretty ironic that he's complaining about propaganda.

Because it’s framed in such a way the Chinese are portrayed as some sort of supervillain. Combine that with the fact that many eastern Asians are of Han descent and “look” Chinese (whatever that means, it’s a big country) - and this is the result.

It’s unfortunate I’m not fluent in other languages because I’m curious if other countries’ online communities say things about the USA similar to what we say about China.

However, this mental connection (Asia == Asian Americans) is clearly racism and is the issue that should be tackled. We've seen this kind racism before in American history, with the very unfortunate decision to create Japanese-American internment camps during WWII.

For an example of the opposite mentality, many Americans have loathed Cuba's communist government, but (as far as I know) this sentiment does not extend to Cuban Americans, who are known as among the most vocal anti-communists out there!

Similarly, there's a very large anti-CCP community among Asian Americans, including Chinese Americans. There are mainstream Asian-American celebrities who are generally apolitical but will talk about the horrible things the Chinese government has done. For example, food Youtuber Mike Chen has a channel dedicated to traveling the world tasting delicious food (in America and all across Asia), but he frequently mentions on his channel that he will never return to his homeland of China even just to visit because he fears religious persecution.

I refuse to accept that the only way to prevent violence is to stop reporting on very real issues. It's like when people blame the BDS movement for antisemitism -- reporting anything negative about the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians becomes too dangerous because "what if someone misinterprets it".

Violence towards Asians in the US is a serious issue that we need to tackle head-on, but allowing the PRC to get away with genocide or deflect all criticism is not at all the way to do it. The PRC is not Asia, and it doesn't represent every Asian person. It doesn't get to hide behind them to shut down conversations about its own racism and authoritarianism.

is that all propoganda too?