Let the facts speak for themselves

December 11, 2025

There is a simple solution to the conundrum of free speech versus the spreading of lies. All reportage must use as its base established facts. The problem for the West in its untrammelled pursuit of a freedom to spread whatever nonsense the western elites wish to see accepted by the “bewildered herd”, is that the public space in that West is saturated by lies, distortions, fabrications, mendacities and deceit spread deliberately by the mainstream media to keep them confused and afraid.

That has worked brilliantly for those elites for the last 80 years and they see no reason to change.

It has also been used by that Western media and policy wonks to incite confusion and resistance in the countries they wish to overturn or control.

The factual record of those attempts by the US and UK governments in particular to incite discontent in Hong Kong and Xinjiang is now clearly established by a plethora of leaks and investigative journalism by alternative media.

In that light it is hardly surprising that the Chinese government is insisting that the reportage by that same Western mainstream media must have a factual basis, to avoid another instance of Western-created chaos.