Following the high-profile arrest of Nicolás Maduro, Chinese social media platforms lit up with anti-American rhetoric—much of it unfiltered by the regime’s typically tight censors. According to experts cited in The Epoch Times, this was no accident.
Beijing is selectively allowing nationalist outrage and anti-U.S. sentiment to spread, using it to galvanize domestic support and influence foreign opinion. While the CCP tightly controls speech on nearly every other topic, criticism of America has been given a green light.
This double standard reveals the regime’s strategy: portray the U.S. as a global bully, while hiding its own human rights abuses and imperial ambitions. Analysts warn that the trend is part of a larger propaganda war designed to erode American credibility on the world stage.

