China says what Russia says about Ukraine: biolaboratories …
Online and social The media also express sympathy and support for Ukraine, but do not allow criticism of Moscow
Thousands of people leave Ukraine’s besieged cities through humanitarian corridors as world media show Russia convoys were shown. RFE / RL correspondent Reid Stendish reports on Chinese media coverage of Russia’s visit to Ukraine snowHe writes about the war from the Kremlin’s point of view.
Russia how the soldier is shown
The official newspaper of the Communist Party, the People’s Newspaper, published a popular Weibo on March 9. social one on the media platform video posted. Russia in the video Kharkiv appears to be delivering humanitarian aid to Ukrainians on the outskirts. Russia located near the border Kharkiv artillery since the beginning of the occupation of Moscow on February 24 and is under rocket fire. This video Has received more than 3 million views.
Or a Moscow correspondent for China’s Phoenix TV talking to Russian soldiers near the besieged city of Mariupol, talking about how they were advancing, allegedly snowwhining residents speak.
The media, which has been tightly controlled in China since the start of the war in Ukraine, and the censored Internet have not mentioned the deaths of civilians or the world’s condemnation of Moscow’s actions. Quotes are given from state-backed networks and Russian officials in Russia.
Conspiracy theories
State media in China and even officials Ukraine and To the west snowconspiracy theories began to sound.
“US biolabs in Ukraine have been getting a lot of attention lately,” he said. – Spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jao Lijan said on March 8. This conspiracy is constantly exposed by the Russian media and online accounts. According to some Western officials, the Kremlin’s occupation of Ukraine is also biological and tries to justify it by working on nuclear weapons.
“All dangerous pathogens to Ukraine can be stored in these laboratories, all research is led by the United States,” he said. Zhao did not provide any evidence to support his claim.
USA and Ukraine officials call the allegations baseless.
False feet, we do not walk?
Biolaboratory theory is a major line in the state media in Russia, even social Some embassy accounts in the media also speak about it. A recent report by Foreign Policy said the theory was gaining traction in far-right online conspiracy networks in the United States and spreading to other countries.
Chinese diplomats also periodically target the US military base at Fort Detrick in Maryland. The Soviet Union claimed in the 1980s that the virus that caused AIDS came from the facility. China is referring to Fort Detrick to avoid questions about the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The British Ministry of Defense tweeted on March 8 that, These baseless allegations are not new, but “are now often voiced to justify Russia’s occupation of Ukraine.”
Misinformation
During the war, Chinese media circulated Russia’s state-sponsored allegations – allegedly Ukraine forces use human shields, the Russian army only hits military targets and etc. But there is evidence that dozens of settlements and civilian structures were fired upon.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr ZelenskiThe alleged escape from the capital, Kiev, and the surrender of a large number of Ukrainian troops on the first day of the occupation are also Russian misinformation spread on Chinese networks.
The Kremlin-backed Sputnik channel has 11.6 million followers on Weibo.
In China, the media’s total control of the Communist Party and the censorship of the Internet prevent it from accurately measuring public opinion. Internet and With media content, the Chinese government is trying to influence the minds of its 1.4 billion people.