Autocracies have long sought to control information, especially during crises. This paper examines how, after the end of China's Zero-COVID policy, the Chinese government coordinated media strategies across state and commercialized outlets in the …
What motivates state-sponsored vaccine misinformation campaigns, given clear scientific evidence of vaccines' efficacy? We explore this issue through the lens of state-owned presses published in mainland China and in Hong Kong. We first collect an …