News Snapshot:
T he New York Times this week was host to a bizarre guest essay titled Modi’s India is where Global Democracy Dies . Before we get into this rather heady subject and its curious author, it would be in order to take a detour to certain news reports that emerged in late 2021 and early 2022. In December 2021, The New York Times carried a multi-author report on how China funds YouTube influencers to spread pro-Beijing messages around the planet. The report also highlighted how sympathetic foreign voices were part of Beijing’s efforts to shape global conversations about China. In...
