China battles to control nationalist narrative on social media

Beijing is battling allegations that it is running a disinformation campaign on social media, as robust posts by its diplomats in Western countries promoting nationalist sentiment have escalated into a spat between China and other countries, especially the United States.In the latest in a series of online controversies, the Chinese embassy in France claimed its official Twitter account had been hacked after it featured a cartoon depicting the US as Death, knocking on a door marked Hong Kong…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3086698/china-battles-control-nationalist-narrative-social-media