The point of this story is not that a... - Deepstash

The point of this story is not that a single fake news story may have radically altered the course of 20th-century Chinese history—though it did—it’s that the Boxer Rebellion occurred just as it would have had the news been real. The cause may have been fictitious, but it had the same effect as its truthful parallel.

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The Truth About Lies: The Illusion of Honesty and the Evolution of Deceit

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