Chinese Media Spread Fake News, Negative Propaganda About US Coronavirus Outbreak

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stops to talk to reporters briefly as he leaves the US Capitol after meeting with Congressional Democrats and Republicans, in separate closed-door meetings, on recent developments with the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 in Washington, DC on March 4, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

In recent days, Chinese state-run media have begun focusing on the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States, painting it as more severe than the epidemic in China.

Some Chinese media outlets also spread outright falsehoods—including a claim that the virus originated in the United States.