China and Vietnam duped by COVID misinformation

Eyes on Asia

English - August 14, 2021 06:20 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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COVID misinformation has caused red faces in China and Vietnam this week. Eyes on Asia looks at how both nations were duped by fake news related to the pandemic that from the perspective of each government, proved too good to be true. Featuring RFA journalists Mat Pennington, Paul Eckert, Jane Tang and Son Nguyen.

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/virus-08112021102813.html
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/khoa-08122021182805.html