China tells the world bedtime stories in propaganda drive
A freight train transporting goods from London arrives in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu. Chinese propaganda is going to great lengths to tell the world about President Xi Jinping's ambitious project to revive Silk Road trading routes Beijing (AFP) A video of an American father telling his daughter bedtime stories about the Chinese president's signature project. A music clip with children singing about sharing "the goodness." A cartoon of a whisky bottle riding a train. Chinese propaganda is going to great lengths to tell the world about President Xi Jinping's ambitious project to revive Silk Road trading routes with a massive multi-country infrastructure programme. State-run media has bombarded the internet with a series of videos touting Xi's One Belt, One Road Initiative ahead of a two-day summit on the project on Sunday, to be attended by nearly 30 world leaders. The clips are aimed squarely at a foreign -- rather than a domestic -- ...