What perception? do you think chinese establishment care what world thinks of them before b***h slapping jehadis in Xinjiang or russia cared when it levelled grozny, annexed Crimea etc. world don't give a damn only twitter & Reddit warriors do...few days ago a fake news on female foeticide in uttrakhand get 30k likes on reddit despite news being fake.
Stop caring what world thinks ..america & british establishment are in bed with pukes behind the scene. welcome to world of realpolitik.
Unlike Russia and China, we want to be seen as Secular, socialist, responsible and a benevolent nation. Unlike, Russia and China, we don't control our media and tolerate anti nationalism. Unlike them, we don't use our media as a weapon against others. They can curb their internal resistance easily, we can't. We are open to criticism and ridicule from outside as well as inside, they don't tolerate it. There's lot of difference between us and them.
And I am not talking about normal stuff only, I am talking about countering propaganda by the likes of ISPR. Remember Balakot and W/C incident ? We failed to present our narrative first. We practically allowed them to build their own narrative and the world heard them first. We were slow and ineffective. It is the era of information warfare, and our enemies are well versed at this game. We can't afford to lag behind.