Age of the Dragon: China fears a loss of face on Covid

Bradley Perrett
Updated July 29 2021 - 7:31pm, first published June 4 2021 - 1:40pm
The Chinese government's messaging that COVID-19 might not have originated in China - in fact, probably didn't - has found an eager domestic audience. Picture: Getty Images
The Chinese government's messaging that COVID-19 might not have originated in China - in fact, probably didn't - has found an eager domestic audience. Picture: Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party doesn't really care where you think COVID-19 came from. Its problem is that what you think could become what the Chinese people think.

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Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett is a regular ACM columnist with a focus on Australia's relationship with China, covering defence, strategy, trade, economics and domestic policy. He was based in Beijing as a journalist from 2004 to 2020.

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