• CatherineLily@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    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?

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      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.