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The price of propaganda: Inside Beijing’s mission to drown out dissent

The price of propaganda: Inside Beijing’s mission to drown out dissent

Documents reveal a major propaganda strategy to use the local version of TikTok, Douyin, to drown out dissent and tell Xi Jinping’s “good China story”.

Max MasonSenior courts and crime reporter
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In Xinjiang in northwestern China, state media journalists were brought together for a “special press conference of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region”.

It was December 9, 2021, and the message was clear: there was no “so-called forced labour” in Xinjiang and the human rights abuses perpetrated against the mostly Muslim ethnic minority were lies made up by the United States and “anti-China” forces.

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Max MasonSenior courts and crime reporterMax Mason covers insolvency, courts, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com

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