President’s cartoon Joe Biden Succumb to Taliban The last few days of activists appearing on popular social media sites American armies quit Afghanistan.
Claim
An illustration shows Biden’s huge image-dressed in military uniform, kneeling on the ground while being surrounded by smaller Taliban fighters-is said to be made by ChinaThe state-owned media laughed at the United States.
This painting depicts the president wearing the word “loser” on his chest and continues to share it in the conservative circles of mainstream social media services, such as Facebook, Twitter with Reddit.
The comic in question was dated August 26 and was shared more than 1,300 times in a Facebook post, but it also entered more than six Reddit groups, including the largest conservative subreddit with more than 850,000 members.
fact
Contrary to the claims on social media, this cartoon was not produced by the official Chinese news media as part of any propaganda campaign against the United States.
Instead, it was produced by a Chinese illustrator who claimed to be “Qian Ci”, who currently lives in U.K.
The image of President Biden’s surrender did not appear widely on China’s major social media platforms for reasons that became clearer after carefully examining the artist’s work on Twitter. Weibo And it can’t be found on the popular domestic search engines Baidu and Sogou.
Although the preface’s description of Biden’s abandonment of the Taliban fits China’s narrative of the defeat of the United States, his satire on the Chinese president Xi Jinping It doesn’t seem so palatable to the Chinese Communist Party.
By the way, this really made the kindness, who has more than 30,000 fans, particularly popular among conservative circles.This artist’s work has been reposted by people like this Sebastian Gorka |. His account also reposted content that mainly supports Trump and anti-CCP.
Reacher Weekly newspaperZeng Ci described himself as “dislike some of the political ideals of the American left.”
“American politics has been severely eroded by the Chinese Communist Party,” the illustrator said, lamenting the country’s lack of “radical right-wing” hawks against China.
Qian Ci said that his work is described as “unexplainable” and “strange” from the Chinese media.
“Someone must have received the wrong message. I’m just a person,” he said.
The illustrator’s portrayal of the Chinese leader Xi Jinping includes a picture of him as a shirtless thug wielding a machete, and a dictator who exploits the Chinese people.
When asked if he was worried that this work would incur reprisals from the one-party state, Qin Ci said that as long as he is abroad, he is not afraid. As for what will happen after returning home, he said: “Wait for me to come back and see.”
Although this particular cartoon was not created by a Chinese media agency, Chinese propaganda agencies publish cartoons that belittle US foreign policy every day, including satirical works of President Biden.
These illustrations are rarely seen outside of Chinese readers, and analysts say this is the target audience.
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Newsweek fact check
Social media users claim that Biden’s cartoon of surrendering to the Taliban was produced by Chinese state media. This is wrong.
This illustration was made by a Chinese artist living outside of China, who also created a satirical image of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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