© Jacquelyn Martin / AFPUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
At the very start, the report acknowledges every country's right to "tell its story to the world" but says "a nation's narrative should be based on facts and rise and fall on its own merits." Apparently, the paper's authors saw no irony in these maxims coming from the US, the greatest state propagator of misinformation, narrative manipulation and deception in the world. This is the country whose own lies have served as pretext for devastating wars - see the Gulf of Tonkin incident preceding the Vietnam war, or the claims about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction that led to the invasion of Iraq.
Intent aside, China's very ability to influence the global information environment is weak compared to America's. Beijing lacks several advantages enjoyed by Washington, including speaking the world's dominant language, which permeates through all culture, literature, music, news media, and film. The US is an information hegemon, and that's why China has not been able to arrest the changes in public opinion in Western countries which stem from the United States presidential administration.
Comment: Russia and Hungary are cleaning house.