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Viral in China: “Research Confirms: Covid19 Made by American Company”

In backing up their claim that an American company made Covid-19, Chinese state media confused The Daily Mail and a British misinformation site.

Manya Koetse

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One hashtag stating that an American company has created Covid19 was top trending on Weibo this week. The trending topic and related media reports are triggering more anti-Americanism online, although there are also many netizens who are blaming Chinese official media for publishing misinformation.

Over the past two days, the hashtag “Research Confirms: The Novel Coronavirus Was Made by an American Company” (#研究证实新冠病毒是美国公司制造#) has been trending on Weibo. The topic became big…

Manya Koetse is a sinologist, writer, and public speaker specializing in China’s social trends, digital culture, and online media ecosystems. She founded What’s on Weibo in 2013 and now runs the Eye on Digital China newsletter. Learn more at manyakoetse.com or follow her on X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

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  1. 2L8

    March 25, 2022 at 11:42 pm

    Don’t matter. Global opinions were predetermined before Day 0 and will never change. Consider the history of HlV: forty years later and people still believe (a) hyumins got it from eating and sex0rs with monkeys. Fo0king L-O-L.

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PREMIUM NEWSLETTER | ISSUE #37

 

Dear Reader,

 

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One photo shows a bulletin…

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