> Between TikTok and IG, only one of them has a "STEM" feed; and it's unclear why its the CCP trying to push more US kids into STEM.

It's very simple: Chinese — including but not limited to the CCP — value education, especially in science and technology.

Things make a more sense if people stop looking for nefarious reasons behind everything and stop looking at China as some sort of world-devouring boogeyman.

I'm Chinese.