Contradictions in coverage: Chinese media & the Ukraine war
April 15, 2022
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Many Chinese media outlets have “an outstanding capability to maintain a state of denial, to say things that are clearly not true” — but not all have spread propaganda about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, says Melinda Liu, Newsweek's bureau chief in Beijing.
State-run media are trying to show some of what's going on in Ukraine, and (part of) Chinese social media is showing sympathy for Ukrainians, Liu tells Ian Bremmer in a GZERO World interview. Still, much of the focus remains on Russian casualties.
As a result of different media “tonalities,” Liu explains that outlets are contradicting themselves.
Chinese coverage of the war hasn’t been consistent, and neither is China’s historical relationships with Ukraine and Russia.
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