Inside China’s Audacious Global Propaganda Campaign

China is pursuing a sophisticated propaganda campaign to promote China’s image, worldview and interests abroad. Since 2003, the use of propaganda tools to nudge foreign governments toward adopting China-friendly policies has been an official part of Chinese military strategy. Beijing has intensified its global propaganda efforts, using both overt and more subtle means. The state-run China Central Television (CCTV) has been recruiting local journalists abroad to report “the news from a Chinese perspective.” Starting in Africa and later expanding to other countries – including the UK and the US – CCTV has been able to attract journalistic talent by...