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Sun Liping report quote 1.9.2012
We’ve become so obsessed with feeling the stones that we don’t even wish to cross the river anymore.
Jan 12, 2012
We’ve become so obsessed with feeling the stones that we don’t even wish to cross the river anymore.
David Bandurski
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When the ByteDance CEO Groveled
Mar 20, 2024 | David Bandurski
With a US Senate debate on TikTok and its national security implications on the horizon, some media have asked what signs there are that the app’s parent company, ByteDance, is under the thumb of China’s leadership. An abject politically-laden apology six years ago by the company’s CEO cuts right through the questions.
The Ugly Politics of Media Obstruction
Mar 14, 2024 | David Bandurski
The harassment of state media reporters during a live report from the scene of a deadly explosion yesterday has angered some as an unacceptable act of interference. A closer look reveals a more disquieting truth — that such acts of obstruction are not an exception but the very nature of media policy in China.
Mo Yan Against the Martyrs
Mar 11, 2024 | Alex Colville
A spat about the red credentials of one of China’s most celebrated writers has been blown out of proportion on the Chinese internet, thanks to harsher nationalist laws and an increasingly rabid cancel culture.
Talking at Cross-Straits
Mar 8, 2024 | Alex Colville
Media reports in recent days have focussed concern over China’s plans for Taiwan, drawing on apparent changes in the political language used by senior PRC officials. But a more cool-headed look at the history of Taiwan talk suggests these changes are more of the same obscurity.
New Frontiers in Foreign Propaganda
Mar 5, 2024 | Dalia Parete
The latest collaboration between the Discovery Channel and state-run media in China has been accused of whitewashing genocide in Xinjiang. Why is this American network so keen to “tell China’s story well?”
The Local Game of Global Propaganda
Feb 29, 2024 | David Bandurski
A new regional media network for South Asia and Southeast Asia created by the government’s China Daily and the provincial propaganda apparatus in Yunnan offers another glimpse into how Xi Jinping is seeking to remake the CCP’s global communication.
When Science Fiction Meets Political Fact
Feb 22, 2024 | Alex Colville
A win for China in the Best Novella category at the 2023 Hugo Awards for science fiction has been lauded by state media amid global controversy over authors being shut out of the Chengdu-hosted event. But many Chinese readers have panned the winning work — and some suspect that its victory is politically too convenient.
Human Rights Heist at the United Nations
Feb 16, 2024 | David Bandurski
During its recent Universal Periodic Review China emphasized that it had its own path for human rights, rejecting “the West’s” focus on political rights. David Bandurski and Dalia Parete look at how related state narratives have emerged from the heart of the UN.
What Does the Party Stand to Gain from AI?
Jan 30, 2024 | Alex Colville
With the help of AI, CCP propaganda is becoming more targeted, accessible, and quickly made than ever before. We found one state-backed AI website and took it for a test drive.
Telling China’s Story in Stockholm
Jan 27, 2024 | David Bandurski
Angered by what he saw as biased coverage in the Western media in 2008, a Chinese resident in Sweden launched a newspaper and website for the Chinese diaspora in Nordic countries. The outlet is now a megaphone for the external propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party.
Furious Misreadings
Jan 25, 2024 | Alex Colville
How China’s latest pique over the ills of “Western media,” stemming from a cover illustration in The Economist magazine, entirely misses the point.
One Election, Two Reactions
Jan 23, 2024 | Dalia Parete
While China insists Taiwan is an internal affair, domestic media reactions to Taiwan’s elections have been muted. The bulk of state media coverage has instead been directed outwards at foreign readers. How do we account for this dichotomy?
Quake Comments Bring Suspension for TV Host
Jan 11, 2024 | Alex Colville
Remarks last week by Xiao Chenghao were just the latest in a pattern of schadenfreude that rears its ugly head in China whenever natural disaster strikes Japan. The disciplining of the Hainan Satellite TV host shows the tension between the official drive for a positive global image and the anti-Japanese sentiment often stoked for the leadership’…
What Does It Mean to Understand China?
Jan 4, 2024 | Dalia Parete
Originally meant as a platform for dialogue, the “Understanding China” international conference has become a mere stage for China’s ruling party. It stands as yet another example of how the notion of dialogue has become twisted by China’s media statecraft in the Xi era — and how cities and provinces are now being roped into the business of exter…
As Italy Exits BRI, Radio Silence
Dec 13, 2023 | Dalia Parete
When the Meloni government announced in July that Italy intended to exit Xi Jinping’s signature trade and infrastructure program, Chinese state media made their voices heard. But Italy’s formal step to withdraw last week has met with uncharacteristic quiet.
No Class War Please, We’re Communists
Nov 29, 2023 | Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
The latest targets in China’s ongoing — and seemingly never-ending — internet rectification campaign include content that “incites class antagonism.” How did a Communist Party that lived and breathed class struggle for decades get to this point?
China’s Press Under Xi Jinping Thought
Nov 22, 2023 | David Bandurski
State media coverage of a ceremony yesterday to honor the recipients of China’s most prestigious journalism awards makes clear that the most prized asset in China’s press is control.
A Single Pager on the Biden-Xi Summit
Nov 17, 2023 | David Bandurski
With so much reporting and analysis to consume in the wake of the meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, we break down China’s response by focusing on the country’s most important front page.
Flowers in Hefei
Nov 10, 2023 | Xue Laidi
In cities and villages across China, young and old gathered in places like Hefei’s Patriot Lane last week to mourn the passing of China’s former premier, Li Keqiang. Who they were mourning mattered less than the idea that he had been a good man.
Desert Power, Discourse Power
Nov 2, 2023 | Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
The latest outpost for China’s nascent International Communication Centers has been unveiled in Lanzhou New Area, a satellite city on the edge of the Gobi that has been dismissed as a ghost town. What does this tell us about China’s external propaganda efforts directed westward to Belt and Road partners?
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