> As China Reopens, Online Finger-Pointing Shows a Widening Gulf
> By Chang Che, Claire Fu and Amy Chang Chien, Jan. 11, 2023, NY Times
>
> A furious, wide-ranging argument is unfolding on the internet in China over
> the reversal of the govt's strict pandemic policies and the massive Covid
> surge that followed. The divisions are challenging the Communist Party's
> efforts to control the narrative around its pandemic pivot.
>
> Since the party abandoned "zero Covid" last month, many online commenters
> have staked out opposing positions over seemingly all manner of questions.
> Who should be blamed for the explosion of cases and deaths? Is a top
> govt-appointed health expert trustworthy? Is Omicron really less severe, as
> Chinese officials now say, when hospitals seem to be filling up with sick
> patients? They are even arguing over whether people should be allowed to set
> off fireworks during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, after many did so
> during the New Year.

So let us now "sow more discord and division" within China.

The American propaganda used to project its own settings to others.