They convinced themselves "influencing" enough people to vote against their own self interests by posting a handful of racist facebook memes was actually some brilliant espionage move and thought they could do the same.
Only works if your population is stupid and ignorant to be predictably influenced by mispelled racist memes.
It's worth noting that this wouldn't be necessary if the government of China didn't have broad support and legitimacy.
Also classic buying their own bullshit.
They convinced themselves "influencing" enough people to vote against their own self interests by posting a handful of racist facebook memes was actually some brilliant espionage move and thought they could do the same.
Only works if your population is stupid and ignorant to be predictably influenced by mispelled racist memes.