China is recasting “Wuhan” as a heroic coronavirus victim

No local coronavirus transmission has been reported for months in Wuhan, where many activities have resumed. (Photo by: AFP/Hector Retamal) [Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana]China is recasting Wuhan as a heroic coronavirus victim and trying to throw doubt on the pandemic’s origin story as it aims to seize the narrative at a time of growing global distrust of Beijing. The PR blitz plays out daily in comments by Chinese officials and lavish state media coverage of a “reborn” Wuhan that shows Chinas’s epidemic-control efforts and economic recovery while the US struggles.The drive peaked in the past week as Chinese…