{"id":1121587,"date":"2021-12-15T13:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121587"},"modified":"2021-12-15T13:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:13:39","slug":"nyt-china-uses-western-youtubers-as-communist-propaganda-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-china-uses-western-youtubers-as-communist-propaganda-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT: China Uses Western YouTubers as Communist Propaganda Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-china-uses-western-youtubers-as-communist-propaganda-tools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121587&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">In a recent article, the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em> outlines how the Chinese government encourages online influencers, especially western YouTubers living in China, to spread pro-Beijing messages worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/12\/13\/technology\/china-propaganda-youtube-influencers.html\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;in an article titled \u201cHow Beijing Influences the Influencers,\u201d that China is utilizing online influencers and YouTubers to promote pro-Beijing&nbsp; and pro-communist messages across the internet. The&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em> outlines how seemingly independent western influencers are funded by the Chinese government to promote the communist country. The trend is illustrated with the case of British ex-pats Lee and Oli Barrett.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p>The Barretts are part of a crop of new social media personalities who paint cheery portraits of life as foreigners in China \u2014 and also hit back at criticisms of Beijing\u2019s authoritarian governance, its policies toward ethnic minorities and its handling of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The videos have a casual, homespun feel. But on the other side of the camera often stands a large apparatus of government organizers, state-controlled news media and other official amplifiers \u2014 all part of the Chinese government\u2019s widening attempts to spread pro-Beijing messages around the planet.<\/p>\n<p>State-run news outlets and local governments have organized and funded pro-Beijing influencers\u2019 travel, according to government documents and the creators themselves. They have paid or offered to pay the creators. They have generated lucrative traffic for the influencers by sharing videos with millions of followers on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Most of the influencers have lived in China for many years and claim that their aim is to counter the West\u2019s negative perceptions of the country. They claim that their videos are made entirely independently and not influenced by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boycotting Beijing 2022 Olympics \/ \u62b5\u52362022\u5317\u4eac\u51ac\u5965\u4f1a\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvlozvbId_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6684278\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"43\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youtube-Susan-Wojcicki-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6684278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youtube-Susan-Wojcicki-AP.jpg\" alt=\"In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks during the introduction of YouTube TV at YouTube Space LA in Los Angeles. Google\u2019s online package of about 40 television channels debuts on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in the tech industry\u2019s latest bid to get cable-shunning millennials to pay for television. (AP Photo\/Reed Saxon, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks during the introduction of YouTube TV at YouTube Space LA in Los Angeles. Google\u2019s online package of about 40 television channels debuts on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in the tech industry\u2019s latest bid to get cable-shunning millennials to pay for television. (AP Photo\/Reed Saxon, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But even if that\u2019s the case, it doesn\u2019t stop Chinese diplomats and government officials from heavily promoting the pro-Beijing content. Six of the most popular pro-Beijing influencers have garnered more than 130 million views on YouTube thanks in part to promotion by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/12\/13\/technology\/china-propaganda-youtube-influencers.html\"><em>New York Times<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-107 paragraph-0-2-12\"><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent article, the\u00a0New York Times outlines how the Chinese government encourages online influencers, especially western YouTubers living in China, to spread pro-Beijing messages worldwide. 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