Expect China's propaganda machine to ramp up. Here's how to spot it

Bradley Perrett
Updated July 29 2021 - 7:31pm, first published June 11 2021 - 1:25pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech via video link to the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Summit on Wednesday. Picture: Getty Images
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech via video link to the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Summit on Wednesday. Picture: Getty Images

Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to persuade the world that his country is "credible, lovable and respectable". And the government should do it with more propaganda, he has told a top meeting of Chinese Communist Party officials.

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Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett is a regular ACM columnist with a focus on Australia's relationship with China, covering defence, strategy, trade, economics and domestic policy. He was based in Beijing as a journalist from 2004 to 2020.