Extremist mobs? How China's propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests
- Written by Joyce Y.M. Nip, Senior lecturer, Department of Media and Communications; Department of Chinese Studies, University of Sydney
When protesters took to the streets in Hong Kong, China's state media had several tactics for how to describe it: some outlets ignored it, while others railed against 'extremists'.Jerome Favre/AAP
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