Tracking Control

How a Massacre Shaped China’s Media

Jun 2, 2023 | David Bandurski
When it comes to media and information control policies, all Chinese live today with the legacy of the Tiananmen Massacre. We look back on a brief moment before the brutal crackdown when China’s press stood with those clamoring for change.

Going Global

China’s Rush to Ratify

May 26, 2023 | David Bandurski

Going Global

Framing China in Southeast Asia

May 24, 2023 | CMP Staff

Headlines and Hashtags

Confessions of a Han Chinese Woman

May 19, 2023 | Initium Media

Tracking Control

Comedy, Under the Watchful Eye of the State

May 18, 2023 | David Bandurski

Headlines and Hashtags

Slogan Not Funny (Not a Bit), State Media Say

May 17, 2023 | David Bandurski

Headlines and Hashtags

China Appoints New NRTA Chief

May 16, 2023 | CMP Staff

Tracking Control

Extinguishing a Scandal at Zhengzhou University

May 10, 2023 | David Bandurski

China Newspeak

China’s ‘Xivilizing’ Mission

May 4, 2023 | Ryan Ho Kilpatrick

Pilot at the Helm

May 26, 2023 | Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
To this day, PRC founder Mao Zedong remains the only “Great Helmsman” (伟大的舵手) in Chinese history — but these days President Xi Jinping’s hands are just as firmly steering the ship of state. While has yet to claim the title for himself, though, he has embraced an approximation: the “Pilot at the Helm” (掌舵领航). The phrase is meant to signal Xi’s po…

Soft Resistance

May 26, 2023 | Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
Rude cabin crew, over-exuberant Songkran celebrations, and withdrawing from an opt-in organ donation scheme… What do all these things have in common? According to Hong Kong authorities, they’re all forms of “soft resistance” — a term that has increasingly been used to finger-point more indirect attempts to express dissatisfaction with the gove…

Global Chinese Media Cooperative Union

May 12, 2023 | David Bandurski
The Global Chinese Media Cooperative Union (GCMCU) is presented publicly by China as a global cooperative organization comprising more than 300 Chinese-language media from six continents, all participating on a voluntary basis. However, the organization is operated by the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department (UFWD) through Chin…
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Tracking Control

Extinguishing a Scandal at Zhengzhou University

May 10, 2023 | David Bandurski
A post going viral late Tuesday night on Weibo could be seen as proof of the crucial role social media can play in exposing wrongdoing by those in positions of power. But its subsequent treatment in the media more broadly is a lesson in how authorities in China effectively exercise controls on pu…

China Newspeak

China’s ‘Xivilizing’ Mission

May 4, 2023 | Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
Beijing says it has created “a new form of human civilization” for other countries to emulate, built around Xi Jinping’s theories. But what exactly is China talking about when it talks about civilization, and what will it mean for the world to be Xivilized?

Headlines and Hashtags

A Propaganda Ghost Sighting in Cambodia

May 3, 2023 | CMP Staff
Over the past few days, a strange apparition has haunted the sidebar of an English-language news site in Cambodia — an eery and unexplained echo of a long-abandoned policy that China’s leaders once staunchly defended.

China Newspeak

Speak Plainly, Mr. Chairman

May 2, 2023 | David Bandurski
China is signaling to the world that it is ready to be a responsible global leader and peacekeeper. But to play this role effectively and credibly, its leaders and media will need to stop talking in code.

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