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S1E98: Lure of traffic drives millions of Chinese content creators to target Singapore
Independent content creators in China are making online posts disparaging Singapore, its politicians and minorities.
The latter, in particular, has made the authorities here concerned enough to block access to 14 online posts earlier in June, which targeted the Indian community and contained inflammatory narratives about Singapore’s cultural diversity.
If the content isn’t state-sanctioned, what’s driving Chinese content creators to make such posts, and why did it find an audience here?
In this episode, I chat with:
Benjamin Ang, the head of the Centre of Excellence for…
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