Coronavirus sheds light on China's 'propaganda machine': filmmaker

Leon Lee says Beijing has turned outbreak failure into a party success story

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Chinese Canadian documentarian Leon Lee promotes his latest film "Letter from Masanjia" in Tokyo ahead of its March 21 release. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review chief business news correspondent

TOKYO -- Leon Lee, a Chinese Canadian documentary filmmaker who focuses on human rights, considers his friends in China more open-minded and worldly than their average compatriots.

Their perspective on the coronavirus pandemic, however, has reminded him of the power of Beijing's propaganda.

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