{"id":1838813,"date":"2023-02-07T16:50:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T21:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1838813"},"modified":"2023-02-07T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T21:52:21","slug":"in-the-strange-world-of-chinese-media-beijings-aggression-is-always-an-american-conspiracy-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-strange-world-of-chinese-media-beijings-aggression-is-always-an-american-conspiracy-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Strange World of Chinese Media, Beijing&#8217;s Aggression Is Always an American Conspiracy Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fin-the-strange-world-of-chinese-media-beijings-aggression-is-always-an-american-conspiracy-theory%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=1838813&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-->\n<\/p>\n<p>Chinese propaganda outlets say spy balloon originated from China, but CCP says it came from China \/ Reuters    <\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s propaganda outlets would have you believe that news of Chinese espionage and aggression against the United States is impossible to believe. &#8220;utterly baseless,&#8221; &#8220;a sensational accusation,&#8221; &#8220;Sinophobia,&#8221; Or &#8220;a conspiracy theory,&#8221; a Washington Free Beacon\u00a0review found.<\/p>\n<p>After the Defense Department announced Thursday that a Chinese spy balloon was floating over nuclear missile sites in Montana, for example, a\u00a0China Daily\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/global.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202302\/03\/WS63dccf33a31057c47ebacd2c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story<\/a> The news was announced by &#8220;conspiracy theory,&#8221; Saying the balloon has &#8220;no sign linking it to China.&#8221; The propaganda\u00a0outlet then attempted to shift the narrative by questioning why the United States is &#8220;hoarding such a large stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The outlet did not correct this story in Friday&#8217;s statement after Beijing.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-claims-spy-balloon-floating-over-us-nuclear-sites-is-for-scientific-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-claims-spy-balloon-floating-over-us-nuclear-sites-is-for-scientific-research\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675886111776000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2QELJvr6r_XUdLtuM7PxLq\"><\/a>\u00a0Chinese balloon. &#8220;airship&#8221; Used for &#8220;scientific research.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Global Times, another Chinese propaganda outlet, finally admitted that the balloon was Chinese.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202302\/1284774.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202302\/1284774.shtml&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675884279263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0rTa2rr3Hb0nsV1eCv9gJg\">It is possible to suggest<\/a> It was the U.S. military, and the Pentagon called the Pentagon&#8217;s assessment on the balloon a &#8220;sensational accusation&#8221; That &#8220;Chinese analysts&#8221; You can find it here &#8220;refuted.&#8221; The outlet reproduced the Communist Party&#8217;s statement following Beijing&#8217;s announcement &#8220;scientific research&#8221; claim.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;China has explained clearly the balloon spotted in the U.S. is a civilian airship designed for meteorological research purpose,&#8221; Global Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202302\/1284808.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202302\/1284808.shtml&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675884279263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2fPq2ar2H9CHnA2U-1Mjrr\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo in a piece for the\u00a0Free Beacon\u00a0scoffed at these claims. &#8220;Sure, the CCP&#8217;s harmless weather balloon just happened to pass over multiple sensitive military sites vital to America&#8217;s national security,&#8221; Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/full-of-hot-air-how-bidens-weakness-assures-chinese-aggression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/full-of-hot-air-how-bidens-weakness-assures-chinese-aggression\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675884279263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0dJNZTwRYHQL8VoJCYxHC9\">Write<\/a> Saturday. &#8220;Nobody should believe that nonsense, especially not the Biden administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The balloon had travelled across the United States and President Joe Biden ordered that it be shot down by the military on Saturday.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/china-threatens-to-retaliate-over-downed-spy-balloon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/china-threatens-to-retaliate-over-downed-spy-balloon\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675884279263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2YsPJHweXlyRkVQCIm9-HI\">Threats<\/a>\u00a0China&#8217;s retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese media outlets react to the balloon as a way to divert attention from Beijing&#8217;s growing belligerence.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. lawmakers contemplate banning Chinese\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/heres-how-the-biden-admin-lets-tiktoks-chinese-parent-company-skirt-foreign-lobbying-disclosures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/heres-how-the-biden-admin-lets-tiktoks-chinese-parent-company-skirt-foreign-lobbying-disclosures\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675884279263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2VCCWhWw3ykJzjEm7PPdYj\">Spyware<\/a> App TikTok has launched a propaganda campaign calling out critics. &#8220;racist conspiracy theorists,&#8221; Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/chinas-communists-rip-tiktok-critics-racist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/chinas-communists-rip-tiktok-critics-racist&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675884279263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3GuEzo9sctCnGskUBXbtlm\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Criticizing TikTok is &#8220;Sinophobia,&#8221; a Global Times\u00a0columnist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202301\/1283799.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202301\/1283799.shtml&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675884279263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0qhroFUMUs7hhd5dZoKPrn\">Write<\/a> Last month, likely in an attempt to win over Western leftists with the claim that any opposition is from Beijing, &#8220;deep-rooted prejudice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s anti American arguments seem to have had some positive effects on left-wing Americans. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D.N.Y.), a socialist congresswoman, has long relationships with Chinese state-controlled media. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/report-aoc-funnels-campaign-cash-to-chinese-foreign-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/report-aoc-funnels-campaign-cash-to-chinese-foreign-agent\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1675884279263000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0EFX2T1Fv4_ZXmT73Him-a\">funneling money<\/a> since 2020 to the Beijing-controlled newspaper\u00a0Sing Tao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you believed China&#8217;s propaganda outlets, news of Chinese espionage or aggression against the United States could never, ever be anything but &#8220;utterly baseless,&#8221; &#8220;a sensational accusation,&#8221; &#8220;Sinophobia,&#8221; or &#8220;a conspiracy theory,&#8221; a Washington Free Beacon\u00a0review found.<br \/>\nThe post In the Strange World of Chinese Media, Beijing&#8217;s Aggression Is Always an American Conspiracy Theory appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":1838816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[7127,4123,4485,4117,3985,4188,8023,5095],"class_list":["post-1838813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-aggression","tag-american","tag-beijings","tag-chinese","tag-conspiracy","tag-media","tag-strange","tag-theory"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1838813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1838816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1838813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1838813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1838813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}