[helen___keller]

For what it's worth, there's a substantial amount of anti-CCP propaganda out there (although I doubt it's straight from US gov but who knows). By propaganda I mean QAnon-tier nonsense.

I've had the great pleasure of hearing about it from certain relatives on a semi regular basis. One week you hear that trump will have the CCP dismantled within a month, the next week you hear there's going to be mass starvation in China and we need to call relatives (in mainland China) and tell them to stock up on food while they can.

The common theme is that Wang Qishan (not Xi, notably) is some kind of corrupt Boogeyman who controls China, wallstreet, etc etc

[AnimalMuppet]

Hmm. Putting on my paranoid hat, I wonder if Xi is orchestrating a campaign against Wang Qishan...

[helen___keller]

I've considered that but I doubt it. I don't watch the youtube videos myself so I can't be sure, but it sounds more like Wang Qishan was an easier boogeyman to blame for all of life's issues (like how the Koch brothers are for the american left or Soros+Hillary for the alt-right)

[heraclius]

Are these relatives Chinese or American? I hadn’t heard of this but would be interested to see.

[helen___keller]

Chinese-American

The stuff mostly propagates out of the depths of the youtube recommended video hellhole preying on older folk who doesn't understand the internet (what else is new)

If you are interested in setting down to look more into it I'd recommend you start by looking into Guo Wengui, and his youtube channel in particular, at the very least I know for a fact that's how my relatives first went down this route. He does regular political videos that spin anti-CCP and pro-Trump.