It’s mostly about being able to counter the 996 myth with a liberal source. A china friendly post will always be rejected as propaganda.
I also don’t think it really entrenches a new myth of them being lazy. That would go against the narrative of the CPC being a totalitatian dictatorship, as naps, low quality work and late documents are not exactly part of that story. In that way, the new laziness myth would actually work against the rest of the propaganda which positions the entire population as mindless worker drones that don’t have time to question their state.
It’s mostly about being able to counter the 996 myth with a liberal source. A china friendly post will always be rejected as propaganda.
I also don’t think it really entrenches a new myth of them being lazy. That would go against the narrative of the CPC being a totalitatian dictatorship, as naps, low quality work and late documents are not exactly part of that story. In that way, the new laziness myth would actually work against the rest of the propaganda which positions the entire population as mindless worker drones that don’t have time to question their state.