Guerrilla influencers and AI news anchors, China is ramping up its propaganda machine
China's propaganda machine is embracing AI - but there are limits to what tech can do with bad storytelling, writes Ruby Osman.
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China's propaganda machine is embracing AI - but there are limits to what tech can do with bad storytelling, writes Ruby Osman.
China holds 17.7% of the world's total wealth, the second largest share held by any country. It has the world's largest banking sector, with assets of US$40 trillion and the world's top 4 largest banks all being in China. In 2019, China overtook the United States as the home to the highest number of rich people in the world, according to the global wealth report by Credit Suisse.
When China launched its Belt and Road Initiative 10 years ago, it touted huge infrastructure spending linking it with Western Europe, which as recently as 2019, Britain's then-finance minister said...
When China launched its Belt and Road Initiative 10 years ago, Britain's then-finance minister said it had "tremendous potential to spread prosperity and spread prosperity and sustainable development".