https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/chinese-commun...
Edit: They have this and the thousand talents program and then complain that people don't trust them.
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/counterintelligence/the-chin...
It’s propaganda all the way down. We now just have someone competing with us on it :)
I'm not from the US and to me it sounds completely batshit insane to have anything military in the school - career wise information or not. Never in my many years in the education system have I seen anything from the military. Why should I? It is not a recruiting ground (or is it?!). Private enterprise, the military, etc. have absolutely nothing to do in the school system.
https://theintercept.com/2023/04/16/georgia-army-national-gu...
I fail to see how this is worse than what most Western countries do on a daily basis. Who pays for schools (especially higher education) in the US? Do they not decide what goes and not goes in the schools? Do SpaceX employees chant "SpaceX SpaceX SpaceX" at every launch or is it "USA USA USA"? As a non-American the US party goals seems way more commingled with civilian enterprises than the Chinese. We are not any better - just different. The sad part is most that say otherwise have not even experienced both systems first-hand, but just go online and talk FUD. Some because they don't know better, some even though they do know better.
Just pointing out what a wonderful boogeyman they make if you want to discount the viewpoints of young Americans.
Any left-wing viewpoint that's common on TikTok could probably be spun as "aligning with CCP strategy" if we don't like it.