China is picking apart America's social fabric and undermining its self-confidence.
. You could fight that adversary in a direct military conflict, perhaps winning, but only at a high cost. Or you could pick apart your adversary’s social fabric and corrode his national confidence, depleting both his will to resist you and regard his own interests as worth defending.
America’s enemies also influence viewpoints and emotions on social media. Russian troll farms sought to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election. They were just the start. China’s TikTok social media giant is now facing congressional action to force its sale by ByteDance, which is closely linked to the Chinese Communist Party. It is finally being recognized by members of Congress that TikTok’s most important customers are not its users but its Chinese Communist Party masters.
The U.S. intelligence community recently noted that “TikTok accounts run by a propaganda arm reportedly targeted candidates from both political parties during the U.S. midterm election cycle in 2022. Beijing is intensifying efforts to mold U.S. public discourse — particularly on core sovereignty issues, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang. … The may attempt to influence the U.S. elections in 2024 at some level because of its desire to sideline critics of China and magnify U.S.
The Chinese match their online manipulation with less subtle action to undermine America. Beijing is flooding the U.S. with fentanyl even while Xi Jinping claims to be willing to work with Washington to stanch the inundation. This, of course, is a lie. Fentanyl is wreaking havoc on American lives and communities, driving up American healthcare costs, and pumping dollars into China’s economy. A more secure U.S.
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