China Aims to Augment ‘50 Cent’ Army, Train Cadres on Publishing Favorable Online Content

China Aims to Augment ‘50 Cent’ Army, Train Cadres on Publishing Favorable Online Content
National People's Congress delegates surf the internet in Beijing, China on March 14, 2004. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
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The Chinese regime is amping up its monitoring of the internet with a new strategy: creating its own online buzz.
The strategy involves cadres of people who would open social-media accounts and publish internet content to shape public opinion directly, Chen Yixin, the head of the Chinese Communist Party’s Political and Legal Affairs Commission (PLAC), said at a Sept. 4 meeting with senior officials. PLAC controls China’s security apparatus.
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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