Beijing Uses Its Global Media Outreach to Spin Narratives on Pandemic

Beijing Uses Its Global Media Outreach to Spin Narratives on Pandemic
A resident wearing a face mask exits a shop after buying a newspaper in Treviolo, Italy, on April 9, 2020. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
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Beijing has been focused on the media landscape of individual countries to push its narrative on the pandemic, according to a recent report.

“As the pandemic started to spread, Beijing used its media infrastructure globally to seed positive narratives about China in national media, as well as mobilizing more novel tactics such as disinformation,” the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) stated in its latest research report.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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