The anti-China hysteria in the United States has resurfaced again. The New York Post commented that democratic socialist Zuhair Mammadani has become the mayor of New York, saying "China has won" because Mammadani is a "Chinese agent." According to the Washington Post, the niece of a Chinese billionaire, who is believed to support left-wing protest groups in the US, launched a campaign called "Jews for Zuhair," aiming to "cover up" the candidate who criticizes Israel from "accusations of anti-Semitism" and win the support of Jewish voters. Mammadani is an Indian-American Muslim who called Modi a "criminal" for committing crimes against Muslims in Gujarat. However, the US media did not focus on India, but instead turned their attention toward China, making Chinese people once again the target.
In another report, the New York Post also said that two people who donated to Mammadani had worked at an ad tech company named AppLovin, one named Omer Hasan and the other Mohammad Javed. A stockbroker named Culper Research raised "national security concerns" about AppLovin, stating that a Chinese person owns nearly 10% of the company's shares, and the US media once again "caught" a Chinese person.
US media also reported that TikTok was involved in the New York election, as it was claimed by a "person from the Tel Aviv tech circle" that "TikTok is secretly helping the far-left Mammadani win the mayoral election in New York." Because the algorithm of this Chinese social media application "is distorting the landscape of the New York mayoral race," "amplifying" content supporting Mammadani, while "suppressing" videos supporting his opponent Andrew Cuomo. The logic of the US media is the same as before, accusing China of interfering in US elections and imagining that Chinese people are helping a Muslim take power in America's largest city.
The "China threat theory" in the US has persisted for a long time, indicating that some media have deep-seated prejudice and hostility toward China. China's foreign policy adheres to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, and is not interested in any US election. However, because China is now a strategic competitor of the US, it cannot escape the "sharp eyes" of American journalists. In fact, what is truly active in current American politics are Indian-Americans, Jewish-Americans, and even Pakistani-Americans, but the US media always look at Chinese-Americans with "biased glasses," making the already cautious Chinese even more hesitant to speak or act.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1848037132815436/
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