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David Bandurski

CMP Director

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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.

Reporting Achievements

Dec 19, 2022 | David Bandurski

“History illuminates the future, and the journey has no end,” Xinhua chief Fu Hua wrote in the soaring conclusion to a recent piece on his news agency’s obedience to Xi Jinping. But when history conveys no real lessons, when its primary business is to construct models of achievement and greatness, what it reveals instead is the rottenness at the…

Looking the People’s Daily in the Eye

Dec 1, 2022 | David Bandurski

The official announcements of the death of former top leader Jiang Zemin may seem like heaps of nonsense and overwrought praise. But take a closer look at newspaper layouts today and they tell us clearly where the Chinese Communist Party would like us to focus.

The Politics of Passing On

Nov 30, 2022 | David Bandurski

In China, the death of an esteemed comrade is never strictly a private matter. For context on the passing of Jiang Zemin, CMP runs this piece from the 2017 archives — on the politics of the official funeral.

Colorless Tributes for Jiang Zemin

Nov 30, 2022 | CMP Staff

Online media directly run by the Chinese Communist Party media responded to the news of the death of former President Jiang Zemin by going all black. More commercially oriented media made different choices.

The Good Journalist

Nov 8, 2022 | CMP Staff

Media across China are commemorating the country’s official Journalists’ Day today, celebrating the role of the reporter. But in today’s China, what separates the good from the bad?

A New Slogan Rises from the Past

Nov 8, 2022 | CMP Staff

In defining the period ahead for China and the CCP as a road of many twists and turns, requiring historic resolve, Xi Jinping has borrowed from the language Mao Zedong used ahead of the Party’s victory in the Civil War in 1949.

Five Firm Grasps for the World

Oct 23, 2022 | CMP Staff

In a new buzzword emerging from the 20th National Congress of the CCP, Xi Jinping is front and center, and the whole world is encompassed by his visionary ideas.

Buzzword Babble

Oct 21, 2022 | David Bandurski

The study of keywords can unlock the secrets stored away in the CCP’s bewildering official reports. But using the wrong terms only adds to the confusion.

Puzzling Through Xi’s Political Report

Oct 18, 2022 | David Bandurski

In CMP’s latest 20th CCP Congress analysis, David Bandurski reviews some of the misunderstandings and pitfalls that arise from analyzing the keynote reports emerging every five years.

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