I am sure everyone has at least seen the notification of ‘misinformation’ on social media posts. Sometimes, the ‘misinformation’ is declared due to slight errors, is satirical, or because someone didn’t like it.
The attack on certain thought is everywhere. Whether the algorithm keeps the audience low or users are placed in Fazebook jail or just removed from the platform, the ‘bad’ ideas are quickly censored.
On the other hand, Wikipedia usually corrects errors quickly due to the plentiful number of editors. Discussions are held and interested parties vote to resolve issues. However, something happened, and it does not look good.
The Wikipedia entry for the “People’s Republic of China” does not exist, or more importantly, redirects to the “China” entry.
Along the right side of the page, the page shows the first entry under “Formation” to be 2070 BCE.
The implication is the ruling Chinese Communist Party claims all the territory they currently control as being ‘Chinese” for the past 4,092 years. Any historian not under the control of the Chinese Communist Party knows this is wrong. The rise of a single monolithic Chinese culture from the Yellow River area is no longer cited in modern histories; but is one of a few cultures that rose in Asia to form what is today called China. This doesn’t even cover two-thirds of the country that until less than 200 years ago were considered ‘barbarians’ and not ‘Chinese.’
I wish this was the only example, but it probably isn’t.
Bad on Wikipedia for letting this happen, but one way to fight back is to confront the wu mao dang (50 cent army) with facts and reverse this travesty.