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Sources:
https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/46/4/e685/7718885

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChinaAngVirus_disinformation_campaign

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/14/pentagon-ran-secret-anti-vax-campaign-to-undermine-china-during-pandemic

Filipino-American Healthcare workers sacrificed their lives treating Americans in hospitals along with other Asian Americans.

Obviously, there is tension between the two nations because of the history, but my question is more about the Chinese media and culture in Vietnam.

Online on platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc. I see a lot of videos of Chinese Hanfus, trips to China, Chinese songs, Chinese fashion, Chinese TV shows/Cdramas, and much more being shared by Vietnamese users. Even in videos originally published in Chinese, there are many Vietnamese commenters expressing admiration for Chinese media, which surprised me. These vids often get hundreds of thousands of likes and even millions of views on YouTube.

Is it truly that popular in Vietnam, or is this exclusively an internet bubble I am in?

It's a film about the Battle of Shanghai. My great-grandfather actually fought for the KMT during the war against the Imperial Japanese Army, so it's a personal story for many Chinese people. It's definitely worth checking out, and it shows a lot of the suffering Chinese people have endured. There's a lot of focus in cinema on the US fight in the Pacific against the Japanese, such as Hacksaw Ridge, but less attention to China's role and the number of casualties. They had been in a war against the Japanese for 5 years before US intervention, and this film is 2 years before the actual breakout of WW2.

It's a very emotional movie that is definitely worth checking out. The time period, costumes, and weapon designs are also very impressive. I do wish more people knew about Republican Era China, the Sino-Japanese War, and the Civil War Era, as they're all interesting. For the most part, the film is pretty accurate, and we watched this in my university's Chinese cinema class.