China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus

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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55355401

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus
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At the start of the year the Chinese government faced two major challenges; an unknown disease which threatened to tear through its population and a wave of voices online telling the world what was happening.

By the end of 2020, a glance at Chinese state-controlled media shows that both appear to be under control.

The BBC's Kerry Allen and Zhaoyin Feng take a look back at the country's online government censors who worked harder than ever to supress negative information, the citizens that managed to break through the Great Firewall, and how the propaganda machine re-wrote the narrative...

 

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