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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by dleslie on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:11PM (#19536738)
It's not seperable. The spread of one's cultural values by way of dominating media is a tried and true application of soft power.
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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by ralusek on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:44PM (#19536955)
Or they could, you know, be a neutral search engine.
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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by atomicUpdate on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:34PM (#19537795)
Then people would complain that they aren't taking down the Christchurch shooting videos and are condoning hate.
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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by dleslie on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:59PM (#19538690)
Authoritarian policies thrive alongside tragedy.
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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by throwaway8508 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:38PM (#19536910)
That’s why films and TV shows are so powerful. Hollywood is the greatest weapon of American soft power.
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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by bitxbitxbitcoin on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:54PM (#19537491)
And that's why you see so much Chinese influence in Hollywood.
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