Coronavirus weakens China's powerful propaganda machine

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BEIJING (NYTIMES) - Exhausted medical workers with faces lined from hours of wearing goggles and surgical masks. Women with shaved heads, a gesture of devotion. Retirees who donate their life savings anonymously in government offices.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIJING - Exhausted medical workers with faces lined from hours of wearing goggles and surgical masks. Women with shaved heads, a gesture of devotion. Retirees who donate their life savings anonymously in government offices.

To tame public outrage, Beijing is determined to create a"good public opinion environment." It has sent hundreds of state-sponsored journalists to Wuhan and elsewhere to churn out heart-tugging stories about the frontline doctors and nurses and the selfless support from the Chinese public. Beijing is doing everything it can to take back the narrative. State media is offering steady coverage of people who leave donations at government offices then dash before anyone can give them credit. One compilation of"dropped cash donations and ran away" headlines tallied 41 of them.

"There's some gap between what the young people are really like and what the government believes what they're like," Ms Xia added.

 

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