1.0China Media Projecthttps://chinamediaproject.orgKevin Schoenmakershttps://chinamediaproject.org/author/kevin-schoenmakers/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XWVk9kEqgi"><a href="https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/10/26/tracking-chinas-social-media-influence-operations/">Tracking China’s Social Media Influence Operations</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/10/26/tracking-chinas-social-media-influence-operations/embed/#?secret=XWVk9kEqgi" width="600" height="338" title="“Tracking China’s Social Media Influence Operations” — China Media Project" data-secret="XWVk9kEqgi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://chinamediaproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CMP-interviews-HANNAH.jpg20001125Attempts to “Tell China’s Story Well” often involve Western social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Though their real impact is unclear, accounts operated by the Chinese government and by Chinese state media outlets have millions of followers, providing a conduit for content that reflects the views and agendas of the Chinese Party-state. But China appears to also opt for less overt methods to try and shape global public opinion. Signs of inauthentic social media activity suspected to be Chinese influence efforts are increasingly common, says Hannah Bailey, a doctoral candidate at University of Oxford who researches Chinese state-sponsored digital disinformation and edits the Oxford Internet Institute’s China Information Operations Newsletter.