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Chainleft
@chainleft
Perception of China, drilled down by country income level and age groups. Pew Research's latest global survey shows China is favored more positively by middle income countries & younger people compared to high income countries & older people. Full report: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/07/09/most-people-in-35-countries-say-china-has-a-large-impact-on-their-national-economy/
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Commstark 🎩🫂
@commstark
if I had to guess… and guess I will… I’d say it’s because Chinese money positively influences middle countries the most (they lack access to cheap capital but have basic infrastructure) wealthy countries don’t always need or benefit from large inflows of cash from China (asset bubbles, pop. is weary of propaganda)
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Connor McCormick ☀️
@nor
I’d guess it’s less about pragmatics and more about social media
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Spaceman Spiff 🎩🍖
@spaceman-spiff
That was going to be my guess. I listened to a pod the other day talking about how the tik-tok algo promotes Chinese propaganda and hides events that would be seen negatively. if this is one of the generations' primary information sources, this lean would fall in line with that model. It would be interesting to see a tik-tok adoption chart next to the sentiment chart for the demographics.
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Chainleft
@chainleft
Absolutely not. I've been using TikTok since 2020 (pandemic days) and while algo kept changing, it never had a Chinese bias. In fact let me put it this way: Go & search Tianenmen Square on TikTok. You'll find hundreds of videos about the massacre, Chinese gov't violence, etc. Then try to search "Bin Laden letter". It's blocked as per US gov't request. Today, US gov't controls TikTok more than Chinese gov't.
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Spaceman Spiff 🎩🍖
@spaceman-spiff
I'm not questioning the the US government doesn't engage in the same sort of behavior, it is interesting that you point to an example of an event that is over 3 decades old as a reference though.
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