Twitter users are exposing pro-Russian sentiment in China, and Beijing is not happy

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/13/china/china-ukraine-great-translation-movement-intl-hnk-mic/index.html

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hewhomustnotbegamed@lemmygrad.ml · 0 pts · 4y (1 reply)

So, they are translating random social media posts that are pro-Russian and somehow this is how more than a billion Chinese people think? WTF?

abbenm@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 4y

Of all the ways you could possibly interpret it, you deliberately chose the most most ridiculous interpretation.

A more reasonable interpretation is to note that internet atmosphere of highly censored political discourse, comments spreading fake news, comments encouraging warmongering and comments derisive of Ukraine have a place within political discourse on China's internet.

That this is permitted a place on the spectrum of acceptable opinion is the point. It's easier to caricature the point by exaggerating it and then disagreeing with the exaggeration.