See, this is what I meant when I said that it is a bit more complicated. You are right that it's not as simple as I would like it to be, saying that myself in my comment; however, both you and me don't truly have a grasp on how complex it really is.

It probably did come off a bit rough when I said "wannabe intellectual" because it may seem like I consider myself an "actual intellectual" trying to put down contradicting positions, but really it was meant to be an acknowledgement that we all aren't intellectuals. My position has never been more useful than the position of every other average internet user, but I still thought it was worth mentioning ^^

Oh, I have no problem with China blabbering their mouths dry, they can talk all day and, if I see this right, they're probably doing that already.

The issue that I have is that every time some Chinese crybaby opens their mouth, the media drops everything to make sure that we ALL know that China has spoken again.

To spread nonsense into the world and insist on your right of free spech is exactly how these people reach and radicalise people into their senseless disputes and wars. What they say is irrelevant. If you want to gain a grasp on the modern political dancefloor then Chinese officials are exactly the kind of people you *do not* want to listen to, and news outlets are there to give the common people (that would be you and me) the opportunity to get a grasp on the political dancefloor. Just collect their nonsense into a big thread, slam a massive "disinformation" tag on it and make room for news that are actually important.

Well, unfortunately it is a bit more complicated than that because the next wannabe intellectual is gonna tell me that they (the Chinese) are doing the exact same; that them saying "what the US says is disinformation", is effectively exactly the kind of thing that I am proposing: to dismiss their stuff as disinformation.

I'm waiting for the day where news outlets realize that the world would be a much better place if we stopped giving liars a platform.