China Approves Giant Propaganda Machine To Improve Global Image (bloomberg.com)

China has approved the creation of one of the world's largest propaganda machines as it looks to improve its global image, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. From the report: The new broadcaster will be called "Voice of China," the person said, mimicking the U.S. government-funded Voice of America that started up during World War II to advance American interests. Bloomberg News had previously reported the new entity would be created through merging China Central Television, China Radio International and China National Radio. The combined group was designed to strengthen the party's ability to shape public opinion and would serve as a key vehicle for China to project its image to the world.

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[WindBourne]

I would agree that we WERE like that back in the 50s. We re-installed the shah of Iran over a democracy, and then backed him until Carter. Likewise, in the early 1900s, America really messed with South/Central America, similar to what CHina does in SouthEast Asia.
However, all of that stopped clear back with Carter, though reagan was an exception. Even W's invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq was not about economics. Afghanistan was about America rightly (though in the wrong fashion) protecting ourselves from A. Q. and Iraq, was basically payback ( W was a coward and an idiot through and through). Libya was forced on America via NATO. O had no desire to invade, but Italy, France, and a few others pushed that nightmare on America's military (similar to how France got us into Vietnam).

So, no. CHina is running around propping up dictatorships today, while America has pulled back from that BS.