News Analysis Chinese state-run media forgot a few things in their back-slapping about China’s accomplishments in 2020. Chinese communist propaganda organs (state-run media) never sleep. The agitprop follows consistent contrived narratives and is relentless—with never a bad word about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) failures or CCP-induced problems. Everything is focused on furthering the CCP’s political goals and objectives, both domestically and internationally. The propaganda is part of the ongoing political and psychological warfare campaign that’s being waged against all perceived enemies of the Chinese state. This campaign is a key aspect of the coordinated soft power that the CCP projects through the leadership (Xi Jinping), the diplomatic corps, United Front Work Department apparatchiks, controlled foreign diplomats and media (and many others), and of course Chinese state-run media. Soft power is the concept of shaping opinion and influencing and persuading others to one’s own point of view without resorting to …