Unless the PRC is a gringo now, you should not limit your concern to the US. The easiest propaganda technique - and trivially easy to accomplish with basic agents and existing social platforms - is divide and conquer.
Get people fighting about who is exploiting them, and they cannot unite against anyone exploiting them.
edit: no need to make the thread deeper. I agree with your reply, too. Two things can be correct at once, and usually are.
