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Yang Haipeng

Yang, who has a background in court investigation, is currently an investigative reporter for Caijing magazine, one of China’s leading business publications. Yang Haipeng formerly worked as a reporter for Oriental Outlook, a magazine published by China’s official Xinhua News Agency, and for both Southern Daily News Group and Nanjing News Group.

Yang, who has a background in court investigation, is currently an investigative reporter for Caijing magazine, one of China’s leading business publications. Yang Haipeng formerly worked as a reporter for Oriental Outlook, a magazine published by China’s official Xinhua News Agency, and for both Southern Daily News Group and Nanjing News Group.

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Latest Articles

Faking the Fake News Debate in Cambodia

Mar 24, 2023 | David Bandurski

At a recent journalism forum in Phnom Penh, the head of an organization claiming to represent local Chinese-language media spoke out against fake news — as he spread false narratives directly from China’s foreign ministry and state media outlets.

Two Countries at War, in the People’s Daily

Mar 22, 2023 | CMP Staff

A mention of Volodymyr Zelensky in China’s flagship newspaper this week, the first in many months, could be a faint foreshadowing of Xi Jinping’s planned call with the Ukrainian president. But it comes amid more resounding messages of deepening partnership between China and Russia.

The Ins and Outs of the China Daily USA

Mar 16, 2023 | Ryan Ho Kilpatrick | China Daily, FARA

According to its latest filings to the US government, the China Daily makes no profit, spends little on reporting, and outsources printing. So what business is this “newspaper” really in?

Framing China’s Health Experts

Mar 9, 2023 | CMP Staff

When experts provide neutral and apolitical input, policies on public health can benefit enormously. When propaganda and censorship stand in the way, this does more than damage general well-being — it destroys the credibility of experts in the public eye.

A Model Opera at Lujiang Middle School

Mar 3, 2023 | David Bandurski

Viral footage of a confrontation between a professor and a student reveals how individuals’ voices are erased and replaced with that of the Party, and how the collective voice of a billion people can still ring so hollow on the global stage.

Co-Producing with the CCP

Feb 17, 2023 | David Bandurski

As documentaries and other forms of factual storytelling have emerged as a key means for China to influence global public opinion and “tell China’s story well,” one CCP-run production outfit has taken the lead in developing partnerships and co-productions with credible foreign channels. Our in-depth look at the China International Communication …

China’s Propaganda Machine is Calling

Feb 16, 2023 | CMP Staff

Earlier this week, the Ministry of Human Resources posted its 2023 call for the hiring of positions within the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department and its subsidiary departments. Could this be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for?

Optimization: Another Word for Messy

Feb 2, 2023 | CMP Staff

Over the past two months, the CCP leadership has sought to downplay the problems stemming from its sudden decision to dismantle rigid Covid control measures, insisting that all is going according to plan. State media have actively pushed the narrative that this has all been a skillful re-tooling of existing policies.

Getting Personal With State Propaganda

Jan 25, 2023 | David Bandurski

A new university research center in Jiangxi province with the stated intent of exploiting international exchange students to further China’s external propaganda goals should alert universities around the world to the dangers of the CCP’s transactional view of friendships and exchanges.

Chinese Propaganda, In a Local Paper Near You

Jan 19, 2023 | David Bandurski

Recent reflections on China’s efforts at global influence in the CCP’s official newspaper suggest core Party media have made little real progress in developing their own international channels for communication since “going out” was defined as a key goal in the late 2000s — and that when it comes to foreign audiences, they just aren’t listening.

Whitewashing China’s Record on Covid

Jan 9, 2023 | David Bandurski

An official commentary published yesterday in the CCP’s official People’s Daily newspaper is one of the more egregious efforts to date to present China’s handling of the pandemic over the past three years as evidence of strong global leadership.

Cai Qi Leads Propaganda Ministers Conference

Jan 5, 2023 | CMP Staff

Cai Qi, the Politburo Standing Committee member in charge of ideology, led a national meeting of propaganda ministers in Beijing this week. The national strategy for media and ideology boils down to this simple formula: unquestioning obedience to Xi Jinping.

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