Chinese Propaganda On Hong Kong Affairs Spreads False Information, Incites Hostility In Mainland China

Chinese military personnel maintain trucks and armoured personnel vehicles parked outside the Shenzhen Bay stadium on August 16, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images

News Analysis

Chinese state-run media and overseas organizations that are part of Beijing’s United Front have launched a propaganda campaign to denounce the ongoing Hong Kong protests and to vilify pro-democracy demonstrators in an effort to gain public support from the people inside and outside of China.