As the Russian military continues to attack Ukraine, it has been revealed that the Chinese government has made a documentary that exalts Russian President Vladimir Putin as a ‘hero’ and educated officials on ideology.
The New York Times (NYT) on the 4th (local time) reported that “The Chinese Communist Party produced a 101-minute documentary on the subject of Putin’s life last year, and then held an event to view and discuss the documentary with officials across the country.” told
The New York Times also argued that “the documentary made no direct reference to the war in Ukraine, but it is justified that Russia is concerned about its neighbors who have been separated from the former Soviet Union.”
“The documentary praised Putin as a leader who has restored the spirit of Russia,” he said.
The New York Times reported that “China claims to be a ‘bystander in principle’ seeking peace without taking sides, but internally, it is highlighting Russia as a long-suffering victim, not an aggressor, and emphasizing the need for strong ties between China and Russia.” pointed out
In particular, the New York Times analyzed, “The Communist Party of China delivered a message that China will never turn its back on Russia through a pro-Russian ideological campaign targeting bureaucrats and students.”
Although this documentary was marked for internal viewing by party officials, it has been reported that the video and script are recently available on the Internet.
The documentary portrayed the collapse of the former Soviet Union as a lesson not to be fooled by Western liberalism. He stressed that China should not follow the path of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last general secretary of the former Soviet Union, represented by ‘Glasnost (openness) and promises to the West’.
Chinese leaders have long cited the collapse of the former Soviet Union as a warning, according to the New York Times, but Chinese President Xi Jinping has tended to push it into a more urgent and ominous situation. Also, highlighting Putin as a fellow authoritarian fighting Western domination is to show that Xi Jinping has a partner in realizing his cause.
In 2013, Chinese propaganda officials produced a documentary about lessons from the collapse of the former Soviet Union. However, NYT’s analysis is that the documentary produced this time has a much more conspiracy interpretation than the previous documentary.
It is interpreted that such an attempt was aimed at encouraging the loyalty of party officials ahead of the party congress that will confirm Xi Jinping’s third term in office this fall. Political loyalty to Xi Jinping is evaluated as an even more urgent matter due to high-intensity quarantine measures such as the zero-coronavirus and growing concerns about a recession.
In addition, Chinese universities are said to have prepared ‘brainwashing’ ideological education courses for students. This was conscious of the possibility that educated Chinese young people would criticize the Chinese government for being tolerant of Russia.
Liu Zhuokui, a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, argued in a recent lecture to university students in the East that “The war in Ukraine was because NATO (NATO) pressed Russia’s survival space and ‘goed forward’.”
The New York Times reported that “most of the comments written by some Chinese scholars criticizing the country’s government have been deleted, and defense attempts at the party level continue.” State-run media, such as the party’s official newspaper, are emphasizing the Chinese leadership’s position that “the culprits behind the Ukraine crisis are the United States and NATO, which have weakened Russia’s security.”
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