How is China trying to shape public opinion in the Philippines?
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.MANILA, Philippines – A new research report has just dropped—and the findings shed light on how the Chinese government seeks to influence coverage of its development projects in the Philippines. An earlier research report found that Chinese development funding in the Philippines between the years 2000 and 2022 reached an unusually high total of $9.1 billion.
Why is Beijing committing development funds to the Philippines, and how is it trying to shape Philippine public opinion about all this money? The September 2024 report, “Investing in Narratives,” and the earlier June 2024 report, “Beijing’s Big Bet,” were produced and published by AidDATA, a research lab at William and Mary, a leading public research university in the United States., Rappler columnist and editorial consultant John Nery is joined by lead author of the June report and an editor of the September study, Samantha Custer.
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