China’s state media uses Taiwanese students’ videos to shape pro-China narrative, questioned

◎ Lin

Official media shapes "Taiwanese youth" packaging to identify with China's narrative

China's official media "Hongguan News" recently released a video claiming that Taiwanese student Huang Yuqing felt "proud and a sense of belonging" after watching the Chinese Communist Party's flag-raising, and said that she would bring her feelings back to Taiwan and serve as a bridge of communication between young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The relevant content deliberately uses the identity of "Taiwanese youth" with the flag-raising scene to create an image of Taiwan's young generation identifying with the "motherland" and cross-strait integration, with obvious propaganda intentions.

China's official media "Hongguan News" recently released a video claiming that Taiwanese student Huang Yuqing felt "a sense of pride and belonging" after watching the Chinese Communist Party's flag-raising. (Taken from Teacher Li is not your teacher

It is worth noting that after the film was released, not only was it not unanimously approved by Chinese netizens, but it was also questioned a lot because of the accent of the characters in the film. There were ridicules such as "This accent?" Faced with the negative response, "Hongguan News" subsequently closed the comment area, reflecting that such propaganda content may also face credibility doubts within China, and may even cause "propaganda counter-effects."

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"Fake Taiwanese" repeatedly questioned

In the past, the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda system has been repeatedly questioned for using people with Taiwanese identity to convey pro-China messages. This time, it once again used "Taiwanese girls" to talk about their identification with China, highlighting that it continues to package the discussion of cross-strait integration with specific personal experiences. Through "Taiwanese people's personal experiences", the directness of official propaganda can be reduced, thereby creating the illusion that "Taiwanese youth identify with China."

Extending the cross-strait narrative from personal identity, propaganda techniques are worthy of caution

Overall, the CCP uses the identity of "Taiwanese youth" to carry out external propaganda. The focus is not on whether a single person is authentic, but on creating a group impression of "Taiwanese people identifying with the motherland" through individual cases, further diluting Taiwan's subject consciousness. This video has been questioned by Chinese netizens, and it also shows that over-packaged promotional content can easily have counter-effects due to flaws in identity and language. In the future, we should continue to identify such "Taiwanese people's personal accounts" content to prevent individual cases from being used as propaganda material that affects Taiwan's social perception.

The CCP uses the identity of "Taiwanese youth" to carry out large-scale external propaganda. The focus is not on whether a single person is real, but on creating a group impression of "Taiwanese people identifying with the motherland" through individual cases. (European News Agency archive photo) (The author is a graduate student and studies related aspects in mainland China)