I can point folks to our report, “In Plain Sight”, particularly the “Information and Narrative Discursion Warfare” section. While the CCP uses their foremost state platforms on WeChat or Weibo to talk about their ideology and narratives, those narratives are also repeated by media outlets that have friendly relationships with the CCP. We see that through training camps, where Beijing hosts ethnic Chinese-language media from all around the world. They talk about how to tell a good China story. While these ethnic Chinese-language media aren't exactly state outlets, they are repeating state narratives. These are the types of grey areas and nuances we have to navigate and learn how to counter.
Another aspect is the use of influencers and key social media opinion leaders to tell China's story. While these are individuals who are not state-affiliated, their narratives parrot the state's narrative points. When we read this coverage and these types of posts, it's clear to us, in the community, that they're parroting exactly what the state would have said. It would be a lot more difficult—