The Australian connection behind China's ultra-nationalist viral video

By Philip Wen
Updated August 5 2016 - 2:18am, first published 12:38am
Lei Xiying, a PhD student at the Australian National University. Photo: Supplied
Lei Xiying, a PhD student at the Australian National University. Photo: Supplied
The propaganda film employs numerous images of China's armed forces. Photo: Supplied
The propaganda film employs numerous images of China's armed forces. Photo: Supplied
The film rallies viewers to defend against the threat of "foreign hostile forces" fomenting a "colour revolution" on Chinese soil. Photo: Supplied
The film rallies viewers to defend against the threat of "foreign hostile forces" fomenting a "colour revolution" on Chinese soil. Photo: Supplied
A still from the propaganda film showing rights lawyer Li Heping and legal assistant Zhao Wei, both accused in the video of accepting financial assistance from overseas.  Photo: Supplied
A still from the propaganda film showing rights lawyer Li Heping and legal assistant Zhao Wei, both accused in the video of accepting financial assistance from overseas. Photo: Supplied
The film warns that an Arab Spring-style   revolution would plunge China into the kind of turmoil and bloodshed seen in Syria. Photo: Supplied
The film warns that an Arab Spring-style revolution would plunge China into the kind of turmoil and bloodshed seen in Syria. Photo: Supplied
A still from the film, which calls dissident leaders and human rights lawyers "agents of Western forces" seeking to subvert the Chinese state. Photo: Supplied
A still from the film, which calls dissident leaders and human rights lawyers "agents of Western forces" seeking to subvert the Chinese state. Photo: Supplied

Beijing: It is the ultra-nationalist Communist Party propaganda video with slick production values that has gone viral on the Chinese internet – while leaving foreign observers bemused.

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