modern society info war among the powers, is such that, if citizens have the slightest heart to look for truth, it's easy, because internet, phone, photos + vids.
one problem is that citizens of the rich, like your pets, rather sit in starbucks sip coffee and mainstream feeds than spending 1 hour to dig truth
now high quality photo of 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests coming out.
it is the Hong Kong rioters, backed by US gov, that drove Chinese
citizens in china, to spread these.