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Media curbs and disinformation sour China-US relations

Monday, March 30, 2020

Subject

China-US mutual media restrictions.

Significance

As part of an increasingly acrimonious relationship between China and the United States, the two governments have begun a tit-for-tat escalation of restrictions against each other’s media organisations.

Impacts

  • If deemed successful, China will expand disinformation operations, creating a new source of problems for Western social media platforms.
  • A diminished supply of independently gathered information on China will leave Beijing more vulnerable to misinformation.
  • The idea that China should pay reparations for the COVID-19 pandemic might gain mainstream traction and further sour China-US relations.

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