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[–] CatherineLily@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Chinese officialdom has abhorred drugs since the Qing Dynasty, when opium ravaged society and sparked the humiliating Opium Wars.

Anyone with a functioning brain wouldn't want drug trafficking in their country.

Propaganda narratives still invoke opium as part of a “bitter memory” of foreign exploitation.

How is it propaganda when it is clearly foreign exploitation?

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 10 points 1 week ago

How is it propaganda when it is clearly foreign exploitation?

Propaganda doesn't have to be false, just slanted. Cherry-picking facts that support your chosen narrative can still be propaganda.