After Baltimore bridge collapse, unfounded conspiracy theories include a role for China

Bill Drexel, a technology and national security programme fellow at the Centre for a New American Security in Washington, said that linking China to the Baltimore bridge collapse was “corrosive to public trust and a dangerous distraction from focusing on Beijing’s very real malicious activities on American soil – totally counterproductive on both counts”.

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“I think an overly negative perception of China can make it difficult for people to differentiate facts from fiction,” Drexel said.

“But by the same token, a naivete or overly optimistic perception of the CCP can equally make it difficult for folks to differentiate facts from fiction.”

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