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The West’s China-Sized Blind Spot
China who?
What is the Chinese Communist Party really up to?
In the West, we catch glimpses in the press here and there- the People’s Liberation Army flexing its military muscles nearer and nearer Taiwan; the Belt and Road Initiative; a troubling recent missile test; plans to establish the PLA’s first military base in Africa- but the full picture remains obscured.
Why?
Aren’t we living in the Information Age? It’s the era of the 24-hour news cycle, tabloids have taken over the world. There are investigative journalists with laptops ensconced everywhere, writing as many unflattering stories about the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping as there are about Donald Trump, probably more.
Yet, we never seem to hear much about it. Why?
The left- which it must be said currently dominates most major media outlets and spheres of cultural influence like Hollywood and Wall Street- has a curiously large blind spot when it comes to the Chinese Communist Party.
Progressive media pundits are willing to talk all day about what Russians might or might not have done to influence the election in 2016. China’s election interference capabilities are considered by most foreign policy and military experts to be far superior to that of Russia.