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    1 天前

    This was originally reported by Reuters as someone already said. We should add that The South China Morning Post is a Chinese state-controlled propaganda medium owned by Alibaba Group and based in Hong Kong.

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      owned by Alibaba Group and based in Hong Kong.

      To be more specific, they have a bit of a liberal/pro-business bias due to those 2 factors, as opposed to China Daily and Fifth Tone.

      Chinese state-controlled propaganda

      All media is propaganda. If its not controlled by the state, its controlled by the same billionaires who control the state, making state-control redundant.

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      I changed the link to the Reuters article.

      But thanks for additional context regarding the other source.