Society

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Supporting Evidence

Many Taiwanese artists have shifted to the bigger Chinese market for further development, and have to confront the pressure and censorship from the Chinese authorities and public opinion very often. It was reported by media that, the Chinese authority notified verbally to the online video platforms and production companies that, if there are Taiwanese or Hong Kong personnel haven't show patriotism towards China and are not irreplaceable, they should not be recruited. There are also some incidents of Taiwanese artists and celebrities echoing with or participate in the Chinese propaganda. There were singers singing Chinese patriotic songs on the show of PRC national day on CCTV. And many Taiwanese artists and celebrities posted "I love China" or "celebrating the birthday of the Motherland" or repost the accounts of Chinese authorities on social media. Some Taiwanese artists recorded promotion trailers of the united front work TV shows on CCTV. Also, during the controversy of the forced labor issues of Xinjiang cotton, there were Taiwanese artists showed support to Xinjiang cotton and terminated their advertising contracts with the corporations which stop using Xinjiang cotton.

1. https://www.upmedia.mg/news_info.php?SerialNo=86411
2. https://www.storm.mg/article/3074830
3. https://star.setn.com/news/824336
4. https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3479109
5. https://stars.udn.com/star/story/10089/5344960

Answered by Lee Penghsuan, and has been reviewed by Chiang Min-yen

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://cosas.pe/tag/erasmo-wong/
2. https://rpp.pe/famosos/celebridades/javier-wong-el-tusan-que-no-celebra-el-ano-nuevo-chino-noticia-1105546

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Popular journalists in Tajikistan suggesting of using Chinese practice – social credit, public video recording in security domain of the country. Link

1. http://www.narodnaya.tj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13602:2021-06-17-06-37-42&catid=57:bezopasnost&Itemid=53

Supplementary Notes

In Tajikistan, local celebrities, scientists, writers, heads of universities, senior government officials, a total of more than 100 people took part in events that were highly appreciated by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Tajikistan. Link However, neither particular names of the celebrities, nor their shared propaganda narratives listed.

1. https://tnu.tj/Dissertatsii/MirzoevKhT/MirzoevKhT.pdf

Answered by Umedjon Majidi, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d774d3041544f79457a6333566d54/index.html

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

1. https://twitter.com/limyueng/status/1378887678595375109
2. https://www.cibelesdefreitas.com/blog/china-sorprendente-lo-increible-lo-bueno-y-lo-no-tanto/

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

China’s Embassy in Indonesia has supported tours of Indonesian social-media influencers to visit Chinese cities. This was a part of a broader effort to limit anti-China sentiment in Indonesia and expose Indonesians to Muslim life in China. The Indonesian influencers were paid a per diem of $500 and they were free to post whatever they liked. In regards of Uyghur, for months China has worked to persuade clerics, politicians and journalists to support its policies in Xinjiang and courted social-media influencers to promote a more favorable view of China and showcase Islamic culture in the country. However, there is no evidence that the program runs periodically.

1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-persuaded-one-muslim-nation-to-keep-silent-on-xinjiang-camps-11576090976

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Celebrities in Uruguay do not speak about China but there are a few people that live in China and brings a Chinese narrative.

1. https://radiouruguay.uy/en-el-sur-de-china-la-crisis-por-coronavirus-disminuye-informo-jana-rodriguez/

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.

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Supporting Evidence

To my knowledge, few, if any, mainstream celebrities spout PRC propaganda. But there are extremist outliers like Steve Bannon, who loved the PRC before he hated it, and influential financial service boosters like Ray Dalio; and the Chinese diaspora media harbor some propaganda megaphones, although the anti-CCP voices seem louder. In the below link Ray Dalio argues that "China's recent regulatory crackdown has been misinterpreted as being anti-capitalist" and claimed that he was referring to Western observers who have no contact with policymakers and "don't follow in detail the patterns of the changes"

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/ray-dalio-on-investing-amid-chinas-crackdown-on-tech-education.html
2. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/understanding-chinas-recent-moves-its-capital-markets-ray-dalio/

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Supporting Evidence

Few retired journalists as small influencers consistently spread CCP propaganda narratives, but only affect a very limited group of senior Chinese diaspora community. Few controversy incidents happened back to 2018, but not seen recently.

1. https://www.thenewslens.com/article/102243

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

This is quite rare.

Answered by Didi Kirsten Tatlow, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

PRC funding of British “influencers” on media platforms like Youtube is well-known, but there is very little in the way of celebrities. We include George Galloway since he has shared many PRC propaganda pieces and has also appeared as a contestant on the UK's Celebrity Big Brother.

1. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beijing-funds-british-youtubers-to-further-its-propaganda-war-x5gqp5fg0
2. https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/1311909100725456897?lang=en-GB

Answered by Martin Thorley, and has been reviewed by Sam Hogg

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Supporting Evidence

Smirnova Anzelika, an internet celebrity from Latvia, experienced Bouyei ethnic culture during the "A Date with China" international media tour to Qingyan Ancient Town in Guiyang, Guizhou province. In the traditional costume, she felt like she was part of the beautiful place: Link; "Anzelika, in the Bouyei traditional costume, said she felt like she was part of the beautiful place. She also learned to sing Red Flower, a folk song of Guizhou, ahead of the trip"- Link

1. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202104/26/WS6086773da31024ad0baba797.html
2. https://twitter.com/chinadaily/status/1386623593711243265?lang=bn

Answered by Una Berzina-Cherenkova, and has been reviewed by Salome Svanidze

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Supporting Evidence

Interview with Staff of the Gambian Ministry of Information as well as local investigation suggests this is limited in the Gambia

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Very few public persons say anything about the PRC and the ones that do have small followings. Examples: There is a TV producer, Marina Almasan, who has made a documentary and written three books about China and who sometimes posts information about China on her Facebook page. However, her posts focus on cultural issues. There is also a Romanian doctor, Adina Alberts, who throughout the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a position against vaccination and has sometimes and has sometimes taken up China's propaganda against vaccines from Western companies. Marina Almășan: -"Marina Almășan are o nouă emisiune la TVR 2" (see URL1 below) Adina Alberts: -"Adina Alberts: China a avertizat Norvegia să NU mai folosească vaccurile Pfizer și Moderna/ Reacția Norvegiei" (see URL2 below) - "DR. ADINA ALBERTS - ADEVARUL DESPRE IVERMECTINA, VACCINURI, VALUL TREI. PUNE INTREBARI. SUNTEM AICI!"(see the URL3 below and the video description in this URL) -In this artical "Dr. Adina Alberts: "Oameni buni, nu vă lăsați aiuriți. Testați-vă, protejați-vă și vedeți-vă de treabă"" , Ms Alberts said that it would have been ideal if the Sinopharm vaccine were also available in Romania. - In this artical "Doctorul Adina Alberts: Vaccinul Sputnik și cele chinezești sunt mai bune decat Pfizer și Zeneca", Ms. Alberts says Sputnik and Chinese vaccines are better than Pfizer and Zeneca.

1. https://romanialibera.ro/lifestyle/marina-almasan-are-o-noua-emisiune-la-tvr-2-843009/
2. https://m.facebook.com/stiripesurse.ro/posts/3931592833530018?locale2=hi_IN
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vF8XU229X4
4. https://www.antena3.ro/actualitate/adina-alberts-mesaj-tulpini-coronavirus-594365.html
5. https://newsweek.ro/sanatate/doctorul-adina-alberts-vaccinul-sputnik-si-cele-chinezesti-sunt-mai-bune-decat-pfizer-si-zeneca

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Sorin Ionita

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Supporting Evidence

Not Really

1. Pakistani celebrities do not usually look to China for inspiration. Not many are known to get entagled in Chinese propaganda.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No publicly available evidence to support this claim.

Answered by Nathan Attrill, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No publicly available evidence to support this claim.

Answered by Nathan Attrill, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Entertainment in Singapore is generally separate from politics due to social control by the state. There may be sporadic sharing of pro-PRC positions or non-opposition to being labelled similarly to a PRC citizen (see JJ Lin above), but this tends not to be publicly evident.

1. https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/celebs/story20190223-934405

Supplementary Notes

If entertainers demonstrate open political support for any group, this is usually the ruling People's Action Party. Apart from a few individuals (eg. JJ Lin, Stephanie Sun, Tanya Chua etc), Singapore also tends to have few major celebrities.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Not Found

Supplementary Notes

Celebrities do not publish anything, however, some of them sometimes appear on the youtube channel of 4U media platform Link

1. https://www.youtube.com/c/4UgeOfficial/videos

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili and Tinatin Khidasheli

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Supporting Evidence

Not Found

Answered by Bakytbek Satybekov, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili and Mariam Usenashvili

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Supporting Evidence

Not Found

Answered by Tatiana Sedova, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

Not Found

Answered by Artak Kyurumyan, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili and Mariam Usenashvili

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence

Answered by Jean Githae, and has been reviewed by Tolera Gemta

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence to include

Answered by Cathy Wamaitha, and has been reviewed by Allan Cheboi

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence

Answered by Eromosele John Aitokhuehi, and has been reviewed by Lekan Otufodunrin

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence of this

Answered by Amanda Strydom, and has been reviewed by Chris Roper

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence to suggest this

Answered by Christian Ngnie, and has been reviewed by Fadel Thior

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence was found of celebrities in Brazil who published or shared advertisements with PRC narratives.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.

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Not Found

Supplementary Notes

Answered by Eloisa Larrea Montaño, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.

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Supporting Evidence

Celebrities in Argentina usually do not mention China in their public interventions. Venezuela or Brazil are most commonly referred to. At some point there are criticism to certain decisiones, such as the Chinese pork investments, but there are no public propaganda sharing from celebrities.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.

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Supporting Evidence

Not Found

1. https://infonegocios.com.py/nota-principal/oscar-acosta-lidera-el-ranking-de-los-periodistas-paraguayos-en-twitter-5-mujeres-en-el-top-10
2. https://starngage.com/app/global/influencer/ranking/paraguay

Supplementary Notes

Paraguayan celebrities are not known to advertise a narrative favorable to the PRC.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 2 anonymous experts.

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Supporting Evidence

celebrities rarely mention the PRC in any way. They also don’t give their opinions on sensitive topics. It is more common for Chilean celebrities to have an opinion on Israel and Palestine than on China. Journalists do not defend the government either.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XWgsr9It_o

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Colombian celebrities do not concern themselves with issues outside of the Western world.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence found.

Supplementary Notes

Mexican celebrities do not share propaganda narratives from the PRC.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

local celebrities rarely publish content related to the PRC.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Not Found

Answered by Shin Kawashima and George Remisovsky, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by PSA Team

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Not Found

Supplementary Notes

There are no Filipino celebrities sharing Chinese propaganda narratives.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No supporting evidence found.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Unable to find the supporting evidence. Maybe available on the local portal which I am unable to trace.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence of that available.

Answered by Frank Jüris, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

If we are not counting politicians and former politicians among celebrities, then no.

Answered by Tobiáš Lipold and 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Martin Hála

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Supporting Evidence

There is no available public data on the claim.

Answered by Tobiáš Lipold, Amina Celikovic, Selma Asceric, Darko Brkan, Emir Velic, Semir Dzebo, Aldin Karahasanovic and Emir Muric, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No such evidence publicly available. China is not a major topic in Poland.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No Evidence Found.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

No such evidence found.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

No Evidence Found.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

There is no report or evidence to show that celebrities share propaganda narratives from the PRC. Celebrities don't but academicians do. An example is how China's debt trap diplomacy is called an "Indian narrative" by some Indian academicians.

1. https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/user/b-r-deepak

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Dr. Sriparna Pathak

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Not Found

Answered by Edval Zoto, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence can be indicated in that regard.

Answered by Farkhad Tolipov, and has been reviewed by Salome Svanidze

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Supporting Evidence

No available data on this question

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Interview with local celebrities reveal that no celebrity publish or share propaganda narratives from PRC.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

If celebrities did this, they would incur the ire of many Zambians, on whom they depend for their fame. Those in government usually curry favour with China, but not those who are outside government

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 4 anonymous experts.

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Supporting Evidence

But some Slovak YouTubers do relay the Beijing narrative, while they are not celebrities and publish mostly for audiences inside China. (see below URLs)

1. https://www.guancha.cn/CaoYeMan/2022_03_07_629128.shtml
2. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTW7xYWZZVhQjI9pDGO6O1g/featured

Answered by Filip Noubel, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Answered by Filip Noubel, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No such data found. Usually celebrities don't push propaganda narratives - only politicians, businessmen and journalists are seen doing it.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence found.

Answered by Konstantinas Andrijauskas, and has been reviewed by Vida Macikenaite and Linas Didvalis

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Supporting Evidence

Bulgarian celebrities do not touch on the China-related topics.

Answered by Rumena Filipova and Mirela Petkova, and has been reviewed by Matej Šimalčík

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Not Found

Supplementary Notes

No evidence to suggest otherwise.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by Alfred Gerstl

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Supporting Evidence

NA

Supplementary Notes

There is no evidence to suggest otherwise.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by Kristína Kironská

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Supporting Evidence

There is no evidence for this claim.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Alfred Gerstl

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence exists to suggest otherwise.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by Richard Turcsányi

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence exists to suggest otherwise.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by Richard Turcsányi

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Generally celebrities (films, sports, or other) are indifferent about China.

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Answered by 2 anonymous experts, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Este no es un tema de interés para las celebridades costarricenses.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Supplementary Notes

No existen registros de alguna celebridad ecuatoriana que publique o comparta la narrativa oficial de PCR, e incluso no existe celebridades que presenten o tengan intención manifiesta de hablar sobre China.

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

Local celebrities generally comment only on national or regional politics. There are no examples of any celebrity regularly distributing PRC narratives

Answered by Eugen Muravschi, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

China is a very rare topic for public attention in Ukraine

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Not Found

Supplementary Notes

Nobody has heard of anything of the sort, nor can we find anything in Italian or English

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Sorin Ionita

Answer

Supporting Evidence

Not Found

1. https://www.clingendael.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Barometer_Alert_Dutch_views_%20of_China_March2021.pdf

Supplementary Notes

No examples found, and with the negative opinion on China it is not very likely that celebrities are keen to do this

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Sorin Ionita

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Supporting Evidence

No Evidence Found.

Answered by Gubad Ibadoghlu and Vusal Guliyev, and has been reviewed by Ani Kintsurashvili

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence found.

Supplementary Notes

Meet Alla: A Belarusian Social-Media Influencer In China | ASIAN BOSS- Link

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0wWssMrPIE

Answered by 1 anonymous expert, and has been reviewed by Salome Svanidze

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence found.

Answered by Hernan Alberro, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.

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Supporting Evidence

No evidence found except for the case of government leadership.

Answered by Hernan Alberro, and has been reviewed by another 1 anonymous expert.