I mean you can look at the track record of different media publications and see which ones tend to be more realistic historically. That’s a pretty good predictor of which ones are going to give you a more accurate picture going forward. Western media reporting on China has been consistently wrong about pretty much everything for many decades now. Chinese media might embellish things, or downplay problems in China, but overall it appears to be far closer to reality.
Honestly.
Chinese media has an agenda regarding China. Western media has an agenda regarding China.
Where am I supposed to get factual Chinese news, fuckin Douyu chat??
I mean you can look at the track record of different media publications and see which ones tend to be more realistic historically. That’s a pretty good predictor of which ones are going to give you a more accurate picture going forward. Western media reporting on China has been consistently wrong about pretty much everything for many decades now. Chinese media might embellish things, or downplay problems in China, but overall it appears to be far closer to reality.