Media Tools
This Chinese news agency is one of the "big three" global outlets alongside Xinhua and China Daily.
CGTN
These are "automated" accounts used to flood social media with pro-Beijing messages.
Bot Networks
This TV station is based in Washington, D.C., but run by China’s Communist Party.
CGTN America
The U.S. is withdrawing from this international agency in late 2026.
UNESCO
This social media app is used by China as a major news platform for global influence.
China produces thousands of these scripted videos to show "happy lives" in Xinjiang.
Scripted Testimonials
This is the approximate number of American households that can watch CGTN.
30 Million
This Chinese professor was recently appointed as a top leader at UNESCO.
Qun Chen
This strategy involves hiring American journalists to make state media look like a local U.S. news station.
Localization
Beijing recruits these Western individuals to give "authentic" tours of the Xinjiang region.
Paid Influencers
CGTN mimics the visual style of this famous American news network to look credible.
CNN (or BBC)
This is the name of China’s massive global infrastructure and education project.
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
This term describes the gap between the U.S.’s open press and China’s restricted media.
Information Asymmetry
This tactic involves putting state-funded ads in U.S. newspapers so they look like real news.
Media Laundering
This phrase describes the "red lines" state media must follow on topics like Taiwan or Tibet.
Soft Censorship
China is positioning itself as a world leader in "rules" for this specific technology.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
China uses this strategy to shape its international image and influence public opinion.
Narratives
China specifically names and attacks these people to hurt American policy credibility.
U.S. Officials
GTN covers American "chaos," such as this issue, to make China look more stable.
Inequality (or Infrastructure)
This "mode" was created by China to limit how much time kids spend online.
Minor Mode