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>There probably is a pro Taiwan bias in Wikipedia, but ironically a big part of that is from China blocking access to the Chinese Wikipedia

>pro Taiwan bias in Wikipedia

I have previously seen these baseless accusations of Wikipedia and Reddit being pro-Taiwan and pro-India.

There are tens of thousands of pro-Chinese Leftists in the US and Europe. Just take a look at r/GenZedong and r/Socialism. They are China's main propaganda arm in the West. They are far more organized and agenda-driven than Taiwanese and Indian Internet users. They have completely taken over Wikipedia and the comment section on reddit. Anything even slightly critical of China's government gets accused of being CIA propaganda.

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Wait till you find /r/Sino

I don’t know why this stuff is allowed to exist.

Well it's a reaction to r/China which is completely taken over by anti-China posters

> I have previously seen these baseless accusations of Wikipedia and Reddit being pro-Taiwan and pro-India.

It's not that wikipedia and reddit are pro-taiwan and pro-india, it's that pro-taiwan and pro-indian propagandists have recently flooded these sites. Also, youtube.

> Just take a look at r/GenZedong and r/Socialism.

Have you tried visiting r/china or any other china related sub which are hysterically anti-china?

> There are tens of thousands of pro-Chinese Leftists in the US and Europe

That's it? A few thousand?

> Anything even slightly critical of China's government gets accused of being CIA propaganda.

Give me a break.

I'm sure there are pro-china groups on social media. But there is a hell of a lot more anti-china groups. Go to most china-related thread on reddit I can guarantee you that the anti-china propagandists outnumber the pro-china propagandists 10-1. You aren't doing yourself and the anti-china propagandists any favors by playing the victim here. Especially when your claims are so obviously false.

>But there is a hell of a lot more anti-china groups.

I didn't encountered many, to be honest. There are anti-CCP groups, which is something different. Also, being anti-ccp and criticise their human rights violations doesnt make you a "propagandist".

> I didn't encountered many, to be honest. There are anti-CCP groups, which is something different.

Ah yes. "CCP". A wonderful new propaganda term that suddenly sprung out of nowhere. What happened to chinazi or the myriad other propaganda terms you guys used? There are certainly a lot of "anti-china", I mean "anti-ccp", propaganda all over social media suddenly.

> Also, being anti-ccp and criticise their human rights violations doesnt make you a "propagandist".

Sure. But most of those who are "anti-china" and criticize their human rights violations are propagandists. Actually, I'd say almost all of them are propagandists. Especially on reddit and other social media platforms.

This is apparent to anyone who has used reddit, youtube, etc. To claim the "anti-china" group is the victim, as the throwaway account claimed, is absurd. It's a lie like most of the anti-china propaganda on social media. But that's the business you guys are in right?

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