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Chinese state media hails Trump cuts to Voice of America

www.bbc.com Chinese state media hails Trump cuts to Voice of America

State newspaper gloated that the network has "now been discarded by its own government like a dirty rag".

Summary

China's state media praised Trump's decision to cut funding for Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), calling them "propaganda" outlets.

The move put 1,300 VOA staff on leave and drew criticism from press freedom advocates, who warn it benefits authoritarian regimes.

VOA and RFA have long reported on human rights abuses in China, North Korea, and other restricted regions.

RFA's CEO condemned the cuts as a "reward to dictators," while the Czech Republic has asked the EU for support to keep Radio Free Europe running.

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Fellow authoritarians need to help each other.
- it's called class solidarity and the elites have it
  
  What do you think VoA even is?
Pretty crazy the US is dismantling it's apparatus for controlling the world by itself. The Soviet Union could only dream of this month.
- A new world order is being installed in which Sociopathic Oligarchs run the world, instead of nations, and governments do their bidding.
  
  And yet there are so few of them... and 8 billion of us.
  
  Why should we let them rule us?
- This is putins implementation of the kgb plan as he was a kgb agent. Trump was a kgb asset named krasnov since 87
Russian. Asset.
Of course China and Russia is celebrating this. They simply don't like radio stations that tell their subjects the truth (Well, at least a kind of truth that is closer to reality than their own media).
- ...it's an American propaganda outlet
  
  According to who?
Psst, this is good actually. Even if he's doing it for the wrong reasons, disrupting CIA operations is a net win.
- What isn't good is the end of billions in aid to stop people from starving and provide medical aid to underdeveloped areas, which is something real socialists generally support.
  
  Is that what VOA and RFA are doing?
  
  VOA is/was a propaganda media broadcaster and does/did not provide aid. USAID provides/provided aid, and that aid was the carrot portion of the carrot and stick method favored by neolib imperialists. Gain influence with aid while ensuring US dominance over local natural resources and governments.
Pot is happy kettle no longer competing with it.

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