China's propaganda system answers Spielberg boycott, major espionage story
The Chinese government’s use of denial and deception as part of strategic influence operations was seen in two examples last week, according to U.S. officials.
The first was the withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics of film director Steven Spielberg, who protested China’s role in supporting repression in Sudan’s Darfour region.
The second was Beijing’s response to the arrest of four people on espionage charges in the United States.
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Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, right, tours the construction site of Beijing's National Stadium with Chinese film maker Zhang Yimou, center, and Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, in this April 16, 2006 file photo.
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