Ahead of the National People's Congress, China’s propaganda apparatus has pushed a triumphant narrative declaring that under Mr. Xi’s leadership, the party’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic was a “miracle in human history” and “completely correct.” nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
North Korea says propaganda leaflets sent from South could carry coronavirus theguardian.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
China is holding is biggest event of the political season, the National People's Congress. Expect more pomp and propaganda in the age of the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and undermining health officials in ways that could elongate and even outlast the pandemic nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
In responding to the coronavirus, the world’s autocrats are turning to their tried-and-tested tool kits: propaganda, repression and ostentatious shows of strength to seem in control. But the virus cannot be arrested, censored or outlawed. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
A shipment of coronavirus aid to New York was a propaganda coup for Russia. “If someone had said even just a week ago that the United States would be thanking Russia for humanitarian aid, people would have said you’re crazy,” a state TV anchor said. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
We looked at China’s expansive propaganda system aimed at foreigners and analyzed thousands of English-language tweets from state media and diplomats. Here are the coronavirus messages China is projecting to the world. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld2 years ago
China’s ruling Communist Party is waging an ambitious propaganda campaign to rewrite the public’s memory of “zero Covid,” a signature policy of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, that helped contain the virus for almost three years. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
A BBC correspondent leaves China, saying he and his network have been the targets of a propaganda campaign after airing stories on the origins of Covid-19 and a crackdown on Muslim minorities. nyti.ms
@WSJ5 years ago
Beijing’s diplomatic and propaganda efforts have grown more aggressive in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but so too has the pushback on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
China is trying to rewrite its role in the coronavirus pandemic, leveraging its increasingly sophisticated global propaganda machine to cast itself as a munificent, responsible leader that triumphed nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
In responding to the coronavirus, the world’s autocrats are turning to their tried-and-tested tool kits: propaganda, repression and ostentatious shows of strength to seem in control. But the virus cannot be arrested, censored or outlawed. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
In a propaganda coup, Russia sent a planeload of medical equipment to help New York during the coronavirus pandemic, but the Kremlin is facing a growing number of virus cases — and fear — at home nyti.ms
@nytimesworld2 years ago
China’s ruling Communist Party is waging an ambitious propaganda campaign to rewrite the public’s memory of “zero Covid,” a signature policy of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, that helped contain the virus for almost three years. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
“The mentality that Trump and his supporters have, it’s exactly the same for the Afghan people,” said one Afghan doctor. “They think Covid is Western propaganda.” nyti.ms
@TheNewEuropean5 years ago
Jeff Stelling criticises ‘self-serving propaganda’ at Downing Street coronavirus press briefings theneweuropean.co.uk
@nytimesworld5 years ago
China is trying to rewrite its role in the coronavirus pandemic, leveraging its increasingly sophisticated global propaganda machine to cast itself as a munificent, responsible leader that triumphed nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
In responding to the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s autocrats are employing a mixture of propaganda, repression and ostentatious shows of strength to exude an aura of total control over an inherently chaotic situation nyti.ms
@WSJ5 years ago
"Basically almost as soon as the crisis started, [China] had a propaganda battle to win on this." Beijing is using its coronavirus response to assert great-power status. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
In China, the term “zero Covid” has vanished from the Communist Party’s messaging, as Beijing wages an ambitious propaganda campaign to rewrite the public’s memory of its handling of the pandemic. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
“The mentality that Trump and his supporters have, it’s exactly the same for the Afghan people,” said one Afghan doctor. “They think Covid is Western propaganda.” nyti.ms
@guardian5 years ago
The coronavirus 'propaganda' video Trump played to media – video theguardian.com
@nytimesworld5 years ago
The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, eroding public trust and undermining health officials in ways that could elongate and even outlast the pandemic nyti.ms
@nytimesworld5 years ago
A shipment of coronavirus aid to New York was a propaganda coup for Russia. “If someone had said even just a week ago that the United States would be thanking Russia for humanitarian aid, people would have said you’re crazy,” a state TV anchor said. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld5 years ago
Coronavirus: Fighting al-Shabab propaganda in Somalia bbc.in