"We expressed our condolences and willingness to provide emergency humanitarian help to the affected people according to the needs of the U.S. side," a spokesperson for Chinese government agency said.
They'll always remember the time that they were given tons of lifesaving medical supplies by China and it'll come up whenever they hear that China is evil and using humanitarian aid to control people.
They'll be like "wait, no they didn't? They just gave us that stuff".
And everyone around them, their media, their "elected officials" will be telling them it was nothing but a ploy. I don't know. I'd bet you're right about the majority of them. But others who already had preconceived notions about cHiNa and its role on the world stage will just be aching for some mental gymnast to tell them why their original opinion of China is still the correct take.
Those doctors and the people around them are now innoculated from propaganda
Are they though? I mean, I hope you're right, but never underestimate the depth to which brainworms are capable of burrowing.
They'll always remember the time that they were given tons of lifesaving medical supplies by China and it'll come up whenever they hear that China is evil and using humanitarian aid to control people.
They'll be like "wait, no they didn't? They just gave us that stuff".
And everyone around them, their media, their "elected officials" will be telling them it was nothing but a ploy. I don't know. I'd bet you're right about the majority of them. But others who already had preconceived notions about cHiNa and its role on the world stage will just be aching for some mental gymnast to tell them why their original opinion of China is still the correct take.