Author Anders Corr, who publishes the Journal of Political Risk, called for reciprocity with China, on an information level, criticizing the U.S. government for allowing Chinese state propaganda on X, formerly known as Twitter, while China prohibits the platform in its own country. Corr made his comments on X in response to a post by a Chinese political commentator.
"We need informational reciprocity, not one-way propaganda," said Corr, according to X. "Freedom of speech is not a defense here. CCP propaganda is not freedom of speech but the opposite - its propagandists are paid with tax money stolen from Chinese people who have no vote. We need tougher laws against the CCP, or we need new politicians."
According to Corr, the U.S. is allowing Chinese media to freely roam on social media, spreading propaganda, in the name of free speech laws in the U.S. Corr argued for 'information reciprocity,' noting that the U.S. should match what the CCP does to American media in China, where X is banned.
Screengrab of Anders Corr post on X
| https://twitter.com/anderscorr/status/1752058863128322429?s=20
Corr joined the Federal Newswire China Desk podcast in January where he said the U.S. has realized the threat of China more recently with COVID-19 and the potential invasion of Taiwan. Corr said, "We need to move forward on decoupling," so as to encourage other countries to not remain dependent on China. He also said the idea of reciprocity with China was a "no brainer."
According to the America First Policy Institute, reciprocity means "The CCP and anyone tied to it should have no access to any institution or opportunity in America beyond that which we have access to in China."
On the China Desk podcast speaking on reciprocity, Corr said, "the fact that our businesses were being hurt by a lack of reciprocity would indicate the CCP has us so far over a barrel that we're not even looking out for our own corporate interests in China. To me it's just astonishing and surprising. I think it's a real indicator that the CCP influence in the US government is way too deep. It must be to explain the lack of reciprocity for decades."
According to the Federal Newswire, Corr is the author of “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony,” “No Trespassing! Squatting, Rent Strikes, and Land Struggles Worldwide,” and “Great Power, Grand Strategies: The New Game in the South China Sea.” He is the publisher of Journal of Political Risk and a principal at Corr Analytics.
