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Re:China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation by lowdose on Saturday May 02, 2020 @10:53AM (#23052105)
It's hilarious and worth 1.5 minute of your time. Especially the change of the statue face in a familiar color of 45.
Re:China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation by bassrattle on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:02PM (#23052529)
Why are you so enthusiastic about Chinese propaganda?
Re:China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation by jbay808 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:11PM (#23052603)
Even while recognizing that it's propaganda, one can also appreciate it as hilarious and expert-level spin and trolling by state actors. I agree it's worth the watch. You don't have to agree with its interpretation of events, but you can think critically about why the message they crafted would appeal to one target audience while inciting anger and frustration in another target audience, and what goals the video's producers might have in making it.
Re:China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation by karmakaze on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:15PM (#23052647)
I'll venture to guess: (1) for a good laugh, (2) we can learn from the truths in it.

Separate intent from the truths and repurpose it.

Re:China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation by mrscottson on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:44PM (#23052958)
The timeline is 100% accurate, anyone that follows international trade/news was aware of the dangers by the end of January.(I personally remember reading the papers about the virus's genome mid-January)

It seems we are in a period where most of our politicians would rather not take responsibility for dropping the ball and are trying to lie about observable and well catalogued recent history.

Re:China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation by jbay808 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @02:57PM (#23054024)
That's true. And the CDC did say not to wear a mask, and various other aspects of the US reaction are accurate. And the video doesn't even talk about faulty CDC test kits, banning of imported test kits, or other American own-goals in this crisis.

It does brush over some other details on the Chinese side, of course.