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Guo Wengui and Stephen Bannon's Conspiracy
Dr. Yan Limeng wanted to remain anonymous. As early as mid-january, yan limeng, a hong kong-based researcher, had heard rumors that a dangerous new virus was emerging in the Chinese mainland and that the government was working on it. Concerned about her personal safety and career, she offered help to her favorite Chinese YouTube host, known for criticizing the Chinese government.
A few days later, the host told his 100,000 followers that the communist party had deliberately released a new coronavirus. He said he would not give the source's name because communist party officials could "disappear ".
By September this year, Yan Limeng is no longer so cautious. Appearing on fox news channel (Fox News), she announced to millions an unconfirmed claim that the new crown virus is a chinese-made biological weapon.
Overnight, Yan Limeng became a sensation in the right-wing media, and President Trump's senior
They sent Yan Limeng on a plane to the United States, provided her with accommodation, instructed her on how to appear in the media, and helped her contact Tucker Carlson and Lou Dobbs Wait for interviews with popular conservative TV hosts. They fueled her deep-rooted belief that the virus is a product of genetic engineering, and she accepts the evidence she provides regardless of right or wrong.
"I said from the first day that there is no conspiracy here," Bannon said in an interview. "But there is no coincidence."
Bannon pointed out that, unlike Yan Limeng, he did not believe that this was "deliberately released" by the Chinese government. But he has been pushing for a view that the virus was accidentally leaked from high-risk laboratory research, and he deliberately created a debate about the origin of the new coronavirus.
"Yan Limeng is just a very small voice, but at least she is a voice," Bannon said.
The media that caters to overseas Chinese, including a large number of anti-communist independent websites, YouTube channels and Twitter accounts, has become a rapidly expanding response chamber for misinformation. Since there are not many reliable Chinese news sources that conduct fact-checking of online rumors, rumors will soon be distorted into facts. U.S. far-right media are also increasingly providing and accepting rumors in overseas Chinese media.