China has stepped up an international propaganda campaign against the US trade war, unleashing a series of slick videos portraying itself as standing up against American “bullying” on behalf of the rest of the world, especially the “weak” in developing countries.
Posted by the ministry of foreign affairs on social media, the videos represent a dramatic hardening of Beijing’s diplomatic stance in the trade war and are part of a charm offensive designed to portray China as championing free commerce while Washington “slaps its allies in the face”.
The propaganda videos contrast dark scenes of Wall Street chaos and angry American protesters with a bright and futuristic China, illustrated by high-tech humanoid robots and rockets shooting into space.