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You'll find the same with any article critical of China.

The party is paying people (quite well) to defend China online. It's another kind of misinformation campaign.

There are definitely signs of them here. I have another thread that had someone trying to steer my comment into a East vs West argument just for mentioning China. It seems like they are trying to pick fights out of nowhere as if they are getting paid. And if you notice, they come at certain hours like there is suddenly a wave of them all at once.

"It seems like they are trying to pick fights out of nowhere as if..."

...that is what people generally do on the internet, when they disagree.

Yes and no. When you disagree you usually have a point to make, but when you purposefully try to steer a conversation into a confrontational topic, then it does become suspect.

You can also check the comment history of these people to see if they are outright government trolls or brainwashed university students. Sometimes it is pretty clear.

It's not always brainwashing and indoctrination, it can also be the threat to family social standing, political scrutiny, and the ability to travel freely. If they have family or close friends that already have trouble with the state, China makes exquisite use of those factors in controlling people.

Can you point me where to sign up to get paid to defend China online?

Here's a starting point: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/20/technology/ch...

I checked, and you don't have sufficient social score.

I guess you mean my credit score/background check. We don't have a social score in the UK. Though I wouldn't be surprised it if something akin was secretly compiled by GCHQ et al.

Always interesting to see what kind of mindblowing absurdities they come up with to defend the horrendous acts against the Uighur people. I also see it in German comment sections at this point.

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