Volume 20 Issue 14

Image: A soldier attached to an unidentified brigade under the PLA Rocket Force operates an optical sighting device in conjunction with the erection of a reported DF-21A medium-range ballistic missile system during a night training exercise in February 2020. (Image source: China Military Online, February 27, 2020)

Image: A screen shot from the website of the CCP’s official theoretical journal Qiushi; the image reflects a broader propaganda campaign to depict CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping as being close to China’s common citizens. The image accompanies an issue centered around the theme of “Implementing the Party's Organizational Line for the New Era.” (Image source: Qiushi website, August 1)

Image: Xi Jinping speaking to workers at a China First Heavy Industry Group Corporation facility during a trip to Qiqihar (Heilongjiang Province) in September 2018. Xi used this trip to promote, among other themes, the value of self-reliant autarky (自力更生, ziligengsheng) for China’s technological and economic development. (Image source: Zhongguo Qingnian Wang, September 27, 2018).

Image: A screen shot from the Twitter account of the PRC’s official Xinhua News Agency (dated June 30, 2020). PRC and Russian sources have demonstrated cooperative and mutually-reinforcing efforts in propaganda throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image source: Xinhua Twitter)