The US loses to Russia and China in popularity across Africa
The US loses to Russia and China in popularity across Africa
A recent survey done in Africa suggests that the approval ratings of China and Russia have surpassed the approval ratings of America in Africa
China and Russia surpass the U.S. in approval ratings in Africa.
U.S. approval ratings in Africa at 56%, lagging behind China (58%) and Russia (64%).
Russia's increasing popularity is attributed to arms sales, military training, and economic initiatives in Africa.
The survey which involved 130 countries globally saw a global increase in America’s disapproval ratings from 33% in 2022 to 36% in 2023. However, the US’s approval ratings between the same period remained the same at 41%.
In Africa however, the US’s approval rating stands at 56%, with China and Russia having 2% and 8% more respectively. ⠀
In Uganda, Gambia, and Kenya the approval rating of the US dropped by 29, 21 and 14 percentage points, respectively. With 23% and 25%, respectively, Libya and Somalia had the lowest scores. ⠀
As the US media recently claimed, citing an anonymous US source, Moscow may be able to address the continent's urgent security demands through arms sales that exceed Washington's capacity, which might account for Russia's increasing popularity in Africa. ⠀
Russia has been on a mission to increase its influence in Africa. In addition to military ties, Russia has initiated a number of economic initiatives with the continent, including the building of a House of Africa in several of its states, shipments of free grains to the continent, nuclear deals, and more.
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Islamic countries aren’t buying the US’s Uyghur genocide psyop. That propaganda only seems to work on the Fourteen Eyes’ own people, who live in a media bubble.
Ooof, kicked the cracker nest with that one big homie
It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
No, they don't like US and EU due to recent colonization past and wars (add the palestine issue now too). Many either don't know about the uyghur issue or see russia and China as allies for them. Though I'd say false allies because Russia for example has done many heinous crimes in the mid east including help the Asad regime against his people.
Palestine isn't a "now" issue, but otherwise yeah.
Is this all bullshit then?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_China
The Grayzone demolished those allegations ages ago. Do better.
Yes, all this bullshit again: https://lemmy.ml/comment/10617237
A lot of it is, yeah.
Did you think a Wikipedia link, of all things, was some kind of slam dunk, unimpeachable proof?
Yes it is check the Talk page. wikipedia had even changed their title from "Uyghur Genocide" to this in light of an actual Genocide going on in Gaza. Also the fact that RFA, ASPI and other openly funded by western government sources are allowed, but no Chinese sources is a heavy western bias in wikipedia..
I don't think that's it
Psyop is a big word. Overblown, maybe, but definitely not a psyop. Just because there's no evidence that they're getting murdered doesn't mean what's happening is ok.
People are more likely just uniformed, like the vast majority of people everywhere. And it's easy to distrust america when they're all over the news with their fucked up stuff. And despite all that they're still above 50% with russia and china not much higher, so... Whatever.
The US tried to foment division in China by funding and organizing terrorist cells in Xinjiang, and when those efforts failed it concocted and promoted a genocide narrative. Antony Blinken is still pushing this slop, just last week.
- The Xinjiang Genocide Allegations Are Unjustified
- The Uyghur Human Rights Project is a product of the National Endowment for Democracy, which is the American government’s main regime change NGO.
- Uyghur genocide allegations
- American Debunks All Major Western Propaganda on Uyghurs and Xinjiang
- US-Funded Uyghur Activists Train as Soldiers of Empire
- A Reddit AMA Claiming To Be A Uyghur Quickly Exposes A CIA Asset Slandering China
- The blueprint of regime change operations
We see here for example the evolution of public opinion in regards to China. In 2019, the ‘Uyghur genocide’ was broken by the media (Buzzfeed, of all outlets). In this story, we saw the machine I described up until now move in real time. Suddenly, newspapers, TV, websites were all flooded with stories about the ‘genocide’, all day, every day. People whom we’d never heard of before were brought in as experts — Adrian Zenz, to name just one; a man who does not even speak a word of Chinese.
Organizations were suddenly becoming very active and important. The World Uyghur Congress, a very serious-sounding NGO, is actually an NED Front operating out of Germany […]. From their official website, they declare themselves to be the sole legitimate representative of all Uyghurs — presumably not having asked Uyghurs in Xinjiang what they thought about that.
The WUC also has ties to the Grey Wolves, a fascist paramilitary group in Turkey, through the father of their founder, Isa Yusuf Alptekin.
Documents came out from NGOs to further legitimize the media reporting. This is how a report from the very professional-sounding China Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) came to exist. They claimed ‘up to 1.3 million’ Uyghurs were imprisoned in camps. What they didn’t say was how they got this number: they interviewed a total of 10 people from rural Xinjiang and asked them to estimate how many people might have been taken away. They then extrapolated the guesstimates they got and arrived at the 1.3 million figure.
Sanctions were enacted against China — Xinjiang cotton for example had trouble finding buyers after Western companies were pressured into boycotting it. Instead of helping fight against the purported genocide, this act actually made life more difficult for the people of Xinjiang who depend on this trade for their livelihood (as we all do depend on our skills to make a livelihood).
Any attempt China made to defend itself was met with more suspicion. They invited a UN delegation which was blocked by the US. The delegation eventually made it there, but three years later. The Arab League also visited Xinjiang and actually commended China on their policies — aimed at reducing terrorism through education and social integration, not through bombing like we tend to do in the West.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
American Debunks All Major Western Propaganda on Uyghurs and Xinjiang
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Wow, so many links and so much effort just to say: "enemy super smart and powerful that creates world-wide misinformation and controls the world", but then they're also super stupid and sends a "CIA agent" to do an ama on reddit. Fascism 101, isn't it?
Other than putting words in my mouth and invoking Umberto Eco with no evidence, you seem to have nothing to say.
invoking Umberto Eco with no evidence
Gold. I'm tempted to put this on a rules list somewhere.
What in the 50 Cent Party kinda post is this?
What does a rapper have to do with it?
What in the 50 Cent Party kinda post is this?
I elaborated elsewhere in this post: https://lemmy.ml/comment/10617237