I think its the first time ever that China has reporters on the ground in Ukraine reporting from the Ukrainian perspective. It’s a small sign of possible changes to Chinese State propaganda to come?
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I think its the first time ever that China has reporters on the ground in Ukraine reporting from the Ukrainian perspective. It’s a small sign of possible changes to Chinese State propaganda to come?
Posted by Straight_Ad2258
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those that speak Ukrainian or Chinese ,can you translate what the reporters or the screen script is saying?
That’s traditional chinese though
You sure that’s not HK? I don’t have the clip so I can’t tell if it’s Cantonese, but the logo is of Phoenix tv and it’s traditional Chinese, so it’s either meant for Hong Kong or southeast Asian Chinese audiences. (Taiwan banned Phoenix tv)
Edit: mandarin, I’m guessing broadcast originally meant for Malaysia or other markets with Chinese diaspora (except Singapore)
To be fair, China was always relatively friendly to Ukraine. It just relationships with Russia are a lot more beneficial to them. There also seems to be certain nostalgic bittersweet feelings about USSR that they project on Russia, weirdly enough (certain Chinese author wrote about it). So when they have to choose…
If it doesn’t get removed, it’s likely some kind of signal or warning about something. Who knows what, but Chinese prefer to do that kind of indirect stuff.
I don’t know if that’s what’s going on here, but from a strategic standpoint, it makes sense. The Chinese economy is not looking as great as it did 10 years ago, and Trump trade wars poses a serious threat. Greater economic ties with Europe and the EU in particular is a way to get around this, but Europe is more and more anti-China (for very good reasons). Nothing gets you as much goodwill in Europe as aligning more with Ukraine.
Xi thinking “hey, maybe *I* could be the leader of the free world…”?
If a country wanted to pivot to becoming a benevolent (or at least benign) world leader, now is a great time to do it.
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