Can there be any doubt that government employees are indeed some of the primary targets for government propaganda?
In addition, don't forget that there are not only millions of individuals involved, but also over 1000 different entities referred to as governments - national, provincial, city-level and county-level, each with its own propaganda department:
You write as if the Chinese government believes in its own propaganda. That cannot be so, because they created the propaganda in the first place.
In other words, when the government locks down Shanghai, it's not the public health they have in mind.
Can there be any doubt that government employees are indeed some of the primary targets for government propaganda?
In addition, don't forget that there are not only millions of individuals involved, but also over 1000 different entities referred to as governments - national, provincial, city-level and county-level, each with its own propaganda department:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_China
The propaganda generated a worldwide wave of fear. Lockdowns were an essential part of the fear generation engine. They made the pandemic visible.
Major CYA confusion when there is no clear definition of success.
Update today from the Foxconn front: Foxconn is offering workers 10,000 yuan to leave.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/foxconn-offers-workers-1400-leave-china-iphone-city-after-mass-chaos
Meanwhile, street battles in Kangle seem to have resumed:
https://twitter.com/AnonymeCitoyen/status/1596027612018638848
Nice to hear that people fight back even in fascist China.
Feeds my hope we can finally end their death cult.