[soneil]

Indeed. On it's own, it looks like .. I'm not sure "willy-waving" translates into American well.

But once you realise they're sending them everywhere, it makes it look more like they've ramped production up to stupifying numbers (which is China's speciality afterall), and have realised their value in goodwill is far beyond their dollar value.

(or, yes, propaganda - there's not a lot of real difference between PR, propaganda and goodwill. Ultimately, doing something good because the optics benefit you, is still doing something good.)

[jchw]

Translates fairy well i think - though Americans will usually say “dick waving” instead. When two are competing it is a pissing contest.

[2muchcoffeeman]

I’m sure it helps that doing something good also makes them look good and shifts public perception of China from oppressive to we just helped save the world from an epidemic.

There’s no way the leadership has thought out all the angles.

[untog]

> I'm not sure "willy-waving" translates into American well.

The translation you are looking for is "dick swinging" :)