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YouTube is not only censoring conservatives, but recently, it has reportedly become a platform for something perhaps just as sinister: Western influencers who paint positive pictures of Communist China, even repeating Chinese propaganda along the way.
China’s government has supported foreign YouTubers who put a positive spin on its policies, in its latest effort to shape how the world sees it.
"part of a crop of new social media personalities who paint cheery portraits of life as foreigners in China"
Reports say that the Chinese government is even going ahead to organise and fund the travel of pro-Beijing influencers.