SAEDNEWS: They Speak Fluent Mandarin and Claim to Love China — But They’re Completely Fake
According to Saed News, citing The Economist, in the early stages of modern Chinese history, China—then a communist country—often looked to the Soviet Union as “the big brother.” China depended on the USSR for weapons, funding, and political support. Today, in many respects, the roles of the two countries have reversed. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing this month.
China has been accused of supporting Putin’s war machine in Ukraine. Chinese nationalists are reportedly pleased with this new balance of power. In recent months, short videos have circulated on social media reflecting a sense of superiority and reviving the tradition of using foreigners to praise China.
These videos depict young, attractive Russian women expressing admiration for China and their desire to marry Chinese men. Speaking fluent Mandarin, they appear under names like “Natasha” and “Sofia.” In their statements, they complain that Russian men are “drunk and lazy,” while praising Chinese society and technology. They also claim they would gladly cook, do laundry, and have children for their future Chinese husbands.
However, the reality is different. These videos are deepfakes created using inexpensive artificial intelligence tools. They are produced by manipulating short clips of real footage combined with AI dubbing and editing software, allowing creators to fabricate highly realistic but entirely false personas.
Olga Loiek, a Ukrainian woman studying in the United States, was shocked to find her likeness used in videos of herself apparently speaking Chinese with a Kremlin background. She discovered dozens of accounts misusing her image.
She stated that she felt “disgust and a violation of her personal autonomy.” The videos have attracted hundreds of thousands of views on social media, many of them designed to glorify China.
In response, Chinese internet regulators recently introduced rules requiring deepfake creators to clearly label AI-generated content. Following these measures, such videos have become harder to find online. However, nationalist pride in China’s perceived new status as the “big brother” over Russia remains strong, and digitally fabricated images of Russian women continue to attract attention—suggesting such content could reappear in the future.
