China’s 50-cent Army Fabricates 450 Million Fake Posts a Year to Spread Lies and Hatred

By Epoch Times Staff

Since 2000, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been mobilising 五毛党 colloquially known as the 50-cent army – internet trolls that sway public opinion in favour of the CCP.

The regime hires mostly government employees, at supposedly RMB 0.5 per post (hence its name) to fabricate lies and strike critics on social media.

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