China doesn't need to exercise power. Companies like Twitter and Youtube voluntarily censor stuff like that because it would prove Trump's anti-China stance correct. That alone is motivation enough.
One of the Saudi royals owned a big chunk of twitter stock, but I think he sold it a few years ago. I don't know who the controlling shareholders are now.
America is struggling to remain the world's cultural hegemon. You're seeing the exercise of Chinese soft power. Sinicization.
China doesn't need to exercise power. Companies like Twitter and Youtube voluntarily censor stuff like that because it would prove Trump's anti-China stance correct. That alone is motivation enough.
Doesn't China own something like 10% of Twitter or was that the Saudis?
One of the Saudi royals owned a big chunk of twitter stock, but I think he sold it a few years ago. I don't know who the controlling shareholders are now.