First of all, be aware that there are people who are paid to shill and spread misinformation about China, but there are also silly people who are doing it for free....
But one of their favorite signs is that they love to suddenly call anyone who call them out as AMDK worshippers and things to that effect even if you or the topic has totally nothing to do with western countries. They also love to do name calling and to throw insults
There are some who are know to start threads with clearly wrong titles. So to combat these, first ensure that their sources are credible or at least from a varied source. Sources such as Globaltimes are totally trash and you can discount immediately, but if you like to see how CCP spreads their propaganda you can go read that because it shows you how you can twist everything to praise the great ccp party