Chinese officials have hired rappers to rap about China and boost the country's image abroad by telling foreigners "the truth" about the country.

According to BBC News, a rap song is entitled, This is China, was released on the Chinese micro-blogging site called Weibo earlier this week. China's Communist Youth League posted the video, which has been shared for more than 40,000 times. The song features both traditional Chinese singing and modern rap.

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The rap song opens with the claim that it wants to restore the good impression that the country had created across the world, which was destroyed by the false image fabricated by the international media. The song says that China has a lot of terrible problems, but despite that, it is a peace-loving and wealthy country which is at the forefront of scientific research.

One of the lines of the songs says that China is a developing country and is difficult to manage. Another line stated that the country has gone through a lot like the 2008 Chinese milk scandal.

Other lines read: "The power of Chinese people in China are gradually proving/ That we can make a better world as we love peace and harmony/ Meanwhile we can trust the public security/ Cuz the policemen are kind to citizens but crucial to our enemies./ This is China/ We love the country we the Chi-phenomena/ The red dragon ain't no evil/ But a peaceful place/ The beautiful land with rich culture remain."

The rap group who performed the song is known as CD Rev. One of its members, Wang Zixin, said that the rap song is for Westerners to better understand China. CD Rev is from Chengdu and collaborated with the Communist Youth League to produce the video, The Guardian reported.

Issues about Taiwan and gun control were also included in the song. The track also touches on several topics such as food safety, political corruption, and the problem of smog in China. The rappers said that the government is trying to address these problems.

Many Chinese netizens have approved of the video leaving positive comments. Others, however, asked why the video was not in Mandarin as they could not understand it. The rappers said that it was made in English as the message of the song is targeting the Western audience. 

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