Whenever I see a post like this, I wonder if it was done by an individual or as part of a paid propaganda effort.

I feel like shit like has to come from some propaganda mill and then spreads across social media. It is possible that some creative private citizen invents these lies in a fit of racist or imperialist rage but chances of that seem low to me.

I actually don't know though. I think one thing that would help me understand this phenomenon would be if those sexpat China-hating YouTubers have some association with the state department or if social media platforms have made hatemongering a sustainable profession so that some people seek to do this on their own.