Chinese influence operations articles
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Poll: Majority of Americans See TikTok as a Chinese Influence Tool
A majority of Americans see China's popular TikTok app as a Chinese tool meant to influence and shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Most Americans see TikTok as a Chinese influence tool, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as Washington moves closer to potentially banning the Chinese-owned short-video app. Some 58% of respondents to the two-day poll, which closed on Tuesday, agreed with a statement that the Chinese government uses TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, to influence American public opinion. Some 13% disagreed, and the rest were unsure or didn't answer the...
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Chinese Influencer Loses 30M Fans and Is Forced to Apologise for Fake Story About 'Grade 1 Student'
Famous Chinese influencer Xu Jiayi (also known as Thurman Maoyibei) had her social media accounts taken down after she fabricated a story about a Chinese boy forgetting his school books in a Paris restaurant.In February 2024, the 29-year-old was at a cafe in Paris for the Lunar New Year when she alleges a server approached her regarding two Chinese schoolbooks left in the toilets. Xu posted about it across her social media channels, with an accumulative following of 30 million fans.She claimed...