"shit-stirring" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2019, Jane Perlez, “China Reacts to Trade Tariffs and Hong Kong Protests by Blaming U.S.”, in New York Times",
          "text": "“They stir up more troubles and crave the whole world to be in chaos, acting like a shit-stirring stick,” Mr. Kang said on the usually stolid 7 p.m. national news program on CCTV, China’s state broadcaster.",
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          "ref": "2019, Jim Newell, “The Biggest Stage Has Two Front-Runners”, in Slate",
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          "text": "She’s built and maintained an improbable career based solely on her prodigious shit-stirring and her ability to turn every tragedy, from the death of her fiancé, actor Michael Clarke Duncan, to the election of this calamitous president, into attention for herself.",
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