Is this anti-Chinese propaganda?

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That's where things get interesting. Because our left-wing internal view also believes that China after the reform and opening up is just a cunning student of the United States.
There are times when pro-establishment factions sincerely mock the United States. And sometimes we satirize China with the shell of the United States, but it often seems to really satirize two countries at the same time.

My impression of the United States is that it seems that many ordinary people who put their energies to focus on politics are drawn to "identity politics" or the struggles between politicians. (I'm not implying that identities are totally unworthy of attention) so that there is not enough energy to protest the flaws in the whole system.
That is, instigating internal struggle between the governed to divide opposition to the "ruler".

You are not entirely wrong.

China's approach is different to Russia's.

Russia's approach is driven by the fact that its ambitious outstrip its resources. Massive internet trolling - which is basically what the Russian "interference" is when it comes down to it - is cheap and easy to do.

China has no shortage of resources, but doesn't have established foreign intelligence the way that the West does. So they basically do something much more targeted than Russia - they will approach individual Westerners and try to "turn" them. Say, "hey, we have a job for you", pay them good money to write useless papers on the side, then ask them to fly out to China, and when they're in China make it clear that you want classified information and there will be trouble if you don't get it.

https://www.thelocal.de/20180706/severa ... ese-spies/

This doesn't only happen in Germany, but it was most successful there. I have been approached - and if I have, then they're clearly not just approaching important people. If even 1% agree to spy for China, that's a lot.

Both of these things smell like something happening inside China. Here, that's mostly from the United States, Taiwan and Japan. Although Japan seems to be more focused on the former. And Taiwan is quite mature and cunning in internet trolling.

This appears to be a model of doing things in the absence of a mature intelligence agency on the ground.

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Because obviously there's still one tiny part of my childhood that hasn't been brutally murdered yet.

Not just in Internet trolling...

That's interesting - I never heard of it here but probably East European countries don't interest China.
Being "insignificant" has its upsides.

This looks to me like fairly traditional spy craft à la John LeCarré. Makes me glad I don't know anything useful and will be retired soon. There was a time when I wanted to get a security clearance because of how it would benefit my career. Now I'm glad to not have any classified info in my head.

In China, students at the seven universities involved in defense engineering have less internet freedom within the territory.
At the same time, they will be subject to much harsher scrutiny in their academic exchanges with the United States. Censorship from the United States.
They even have more trouble getting porn. Victims of "classified".

Yep!

Every corner has to be sullied!