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China Warns Against Conspiracy Theories Claiming Chinese Origins

8/14/2026

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Zhejiang provincial propaganda department warned on Wednesday that online conspiracy theories deny Aristotle and Ancient Greece.
The department called the movement a “pseudo-historical school” that claims Western achievements actually originated in China.
It said the trend fractures social cognition and shows ignorance of civilizational exchanges, reflecting cultural insecurity.
The warning linked the claims to “cultural confidence,” a component of President Xi Jinping’s “Four Confidences” now in the Party constitution.

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Zhejiang provincial propaganda department warned on Wednesday that online conspiracy theories deny Aristotle and Ancient Greece.
The department called the movement a “pseudo-historical school” that claims Western achievements actually originated in China.
It said the trend fractures social cognition and shows ignorance of civilizational exchanges, reflecting cultural insecurity.
The warning linked the claims to “cultural confidence,” a component of President Xi Jinping’s “Four Confidences” now in the Party constitution.