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Because the Chinese government use their money and invest in things like Reddit, newspapers, media companies, etc..

Let me ask you this. Why was it wrong to call COVID the China virus, but now it’s ok to call the COVID variant that sprung up in India, the Indian/India variant? One would assume it’s because the Chinese investors influence the American media companies they have a say in.

But I’m speculating of course.

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My read was that the controversy around the naming of the virus was a desperate attempt to attack Trump and label him as xenophobic. The economy was in great shape and Trump was very likely to be re-elected before COVID and George Floyd. So those staunchly against him, which included the activist class as well as journalist class, were happy to take any small thing and manufacture an outrage and see if it sticks. Similarly discussions about origins and lab leaks were shut down because they would shift blame away from Trump and towards the CCP.

Is it possible it was due to Chinese influence? Maybe. But it could also be entirely due to domestic influences. Propaganda doesn’t have to be foreign. That said I do think the complete lack of coverage of the concentration camps in China ARE due to Chinese influence, both politically and economically.

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