Last week, an AI-generated video produced by Chinese state media symbolizing the US-Israel war with Iranby featuring Persian cats and bald eagles went viral, netting nearly a million likes within hours, and filling up comment boards.
The video offers a window into how Beijing interprets the Iran conflict to shape domestic public opinion, and the core message fed to the Chinese public aligns with a commonly used narrative that the US is an aggressive, declining hegemon, while China remains a steady, peaceful rising power.
The viral video produced by CCTV features the aggrieved "Persian cats" seeking vengeance against the arrogant "white eagle," which dominates a desert realm called the "golden flow valley." The eagle forces the realm to trade scarce resources, called "black iron essence," exclusively using "white eagle gold tickets."
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