A state-run channel in China played three anti-American movies for three days in a row, from May 16 to May 18, prompting reactions from the public. Chinese netizens quickly took to social media to ridicule CCTV for blatantly stirring up nationalist sentiment with the films, which originally were produced as anti-U.S. propaganda in reaction to the Korean War.
The timing of CCTV’s programming is significant, as the latest round of U.S.-China trade talks ended on May 10 with no agreement. After the United States enacted a tariff hike on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, China retaliated with tariff increases on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods.
