For germany i can tell you that its actually pretty accurate. The things they teach you about china in school, and the things they say in the news are all to uphold the picture of a tryannical china. Most people think uyghurs are getting killed off, theres no democracy or personal freedom, all the usual stuff. Im being looked at like a crazy person for trying to explain wtf is actually going on (even by so called “socialists” friends).
a little related story: I had to do a little booklet about china in 8th grade (around 2014), i found it recently after forgetting about it and damn was it sad to see that it was actual indoctrination that was going on. If I find it again, and its as bad as I remember, I could make a post about it.
edit: I found it, if i find the fitting community for it im gonna make a post about how propaganda works in germany. I can actually remember some of the lessons now, and while its not complete demonization, it imo most defintiely is attempted (and successful) propaganda.
For germany i can tell you that its actually pretty accurate. The things they teach you about china in school, and the things they say in the news are all to uphold the picture of a tryannical china. Most people think uyghurs are getting killed off, theres no democracy or personal freedom, all the usual stuff. Im being looked at like a crazy person for trying to explain wtf is actually going on (even by so called “socialists” friends).
a little related story: I had to do a little booklet about china in 8th grade (around 2014), i found it recently after forgetting about it and damn was it sad to see that it was actual indoctrination that was going on. If I find it again, and its as bad as I remember, I could make a post about it.
edit: I found it, if i find the fitting community for it im gonna make a post about how propaganda works in germany. I can actually remember some of the lessons now, and while its not complete demonization, it imo most defintiely is attempted (and successful) propaganda.