China says Twitter should shut down accounts that smear China https://t.co/MmQUKT1bYT pic.twitter.com/hHNpfFBFfr

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 12, 2020

Twitter deletes 170,000 accounts linked to China influence campaign https://t.co/TNzdrkV9tm

— Guardian Australia (@GuardianAus) June 12, 2020

It feels like China social-media habits have finally made their way to the world. As China diplomats/officials took to Twitter, jumping the firewall, plenty of curious, and angry, Chinese followed. Usage patterns sometimes feel Weibo-like, i.e. emphasis on comments beneath Tweets

— Paul Mozur 孟建國 (@paulmozur) June 9, 2020

NEW: China Daily, the propaganda outlet, paid WaPo more than $4.6 million and WSJ nearly $6 million to publish propaganda inserts since Nov. 2016.

Also paid $260k to Twitter for advertising. https://t.co/ZgFlHxy5YK

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) June 9, 2020