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Exporting Propaganda, from Cooption to Censorship

The Chinese government has in recent years spent considerable resources and effort on bolstering the country’s image and Party ideology overseas. While this has been longstanding CCP policy, the administration of Xi Jinping has stepped up such efforts by calling on domestic media to boost their international influence in order to help “tell China’s story to the world.” Most recently, attention has focused on Australia, where a number of deals