Haifeng Huang

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General Secretary Xi Jinping this week made his first visit to Wuhan since the covid-19 outbreak upended all corners of Chinese society. Xi’s trip was designed to reassure the public that their government has the virus contained — and things will get back to normal.

But China’s propaganda apparatus has been in high gear since January. What is the official playbook, and has the propaganda been effective?

Focus on success — and heroism

Studies show modern authoritarian governments increasingly turn to information manipulation, rather than relying on ideological indoctrination or physical repression to maintain rule. They do this to generate an image of competence and increase public support.…  Seguir leyendo »