China’s State Media Seizes on US Election, Amplifying Narrative of American Political Dysfunction
As the United States negotiates a close and divided presidential battle, Chinese official media has launched a huge campaign to highlight the turmoil growing in its democratic foe. Reports underlining the possibility of social disruption, political deadlock, and major societal divides allow Chinese media to show democracy as a defective and failing system using the US election. Beijing’s long-standing strategy …