Communist Party mouthpiece quotes China Daily as ‘foreign media’ to reassure public over slowing economy
People’s Daily front page refers to sponsored report produced by another state newspaper to boost public confidence in Chinese economy
Just how far will the Communist Party’s propaganda machine go to reassure its people that the Chinese economy is heading towards a glorious future, despite losing growth momentum?
Using its mouthpiece to quote another official state media as “foreign media” to back the economy seems to be a new yardstick.
Wednesday’s front page of the top party mouthpiece People’s Daily quoted “foreign media” to help boost confidence in the “new normal” of China’s slower economic growth, but the line was actually taken from the China Daily, an official English-language state-run newspaper.
The quoted line said: “Unlike the so-called new normal of jobless recovery in many Western countries after the 2008 global financial crisis, Chinese policymakers have adopted the phrase to define a crucial development stage toward the fulfilment of the country’s two centennial goals: building a moderately well-off society by 2021 and becoming a fully developed nation by 2049.”
