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China turns to propaganda to right image in virus 'war'

by Associated Press
| March 8, 2020 10:31 PM

BEIJING (AP) — As the rest of the world grapples with a burgeoning virus outbreak, China's ruling Communist Party has deployed its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leading an army of health workers in a “people’s war” against the disease.

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