How China’s propaganda machine prevailed
Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
Last January, when the coronavirus brought the city of Wuhan to a halt, the Chinese Communist Party was on the verge of its biggest crisis in decades. A year later, the party’s control of the narrative has become absolute, our columnist writes.
The tragedy showed Beijing has the ability to control what people in China see, hear and think to a degree that surpasses even what pessimists believed. China became a more opaque place in 2020.
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