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Why must you press your hot face against the cold backside of Western democracy?
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Why must you press your hot face against the cold backside of Western democracy?
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Reading Red on Cross-Strait Relations
Oct 23, 2024 | Dalia Parete
China’s efforts to conduct external propaganda on core issues like Taiwan are often built on totally concocted events, and even spurious or unavailable intellectual works. But that, as Dalia Parete and David Bandurski write, may be beside the point.
For State Media, Copycats are No Joke
Oct 21, 2024 | Alex Colville
The recent case of a counterfeit article erroneously sourced to the official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party has the authorities crying foul. But the real culprit is their claim to a monopoly on the truth.
Divorcing China from Wedding Humiliation
Oct 18, 2024 | Dalia Parete
After a recent, egregious incident of “wedding hazing” went viral in China, the controversial tradition has been pushed back into the media spotlight. Outlets nationwide are joining the charge to end this “evil custom.”
Making Deepfakes With Chinese AI
Oct 16, 2024 | Alex Colville
Chinese AI tools are getting more sophisticated, and concerns are rising they will be used to interfere with democracies. So how easy is it to create deepfakes on the Chinese internet?
Married to the Motherland
Oct 4, 2024 | Dalia Parete
The idea of 5,000 couples tying the knot at once in a state-planned ceremony may not sound romantic — but China’s leadership is in love with the idea of encouraging traditional marriage.
Goodness Me
Sep 19, 2024 | David Bandurski
Good Me, one of China’s largest tea store chains, had a hard lesson in public relations this week after internet users decided its punchline video about workplace discipline was not funny, not at all.
Married Out
Sep 12, 2024 | Dalia Parete
The New York Times recently became the latest international news outlet to cover the issue of the rights of female villagers in China. The issue has quietly brewed in China’s domestic media for years — without serious action.
Farewell, Microblog
Sep 5, 2024 | Alex Colville
In Xi’s “New Era” signs now point to the untimely end of the Weibo Era. Is it possible any longer to build a platform strategy around recognized public intellectuals?
Media Friendship, from Beijing to Jakarta
Sep 4, 2024 | David Bandurski
At a recent event for China-Indonesia media cooperation, part of China’s larger push for influence in Southeast Asia, “responsibility” was on the agenda — emphasizing for participants that the role of journalism is to promote good feeling and a smooth bilateral relationship.
China’s AI Hallucination Challenge
Aug 27, 2024 | Alex Colville
AI hallucinations are impossible to eradicate — but a recent, embarrassing malfunction from one of China’s biggest tech firms shows how they can be much more damaging there than in other countries.
A Midwesterner in Foshan
Aug 15, 2024 | Initium Media
US vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, a former Cantonese learner who was popular with his Chinese students, is affectionate toward China — but he is no “dove” on human rights, Hong Kong, and Tibet issues.
China’s AI Hype Gets a Reality Check
Aug 7, 2024 | Alex Colville
Chinese AI is moving at a fast pace, but it’s important not to give in to hype about exactly what the technology can do — a point state media are now making themselves.
When Meloni Met Xi
Aug 2, 2024 | Dalia Parete
Chinese media coverage of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s recent visit to China has been characterized by a blend of criticism and optimism, strategic framing, and an emphasis on historical ties.
How to Push China’s Narrative Abroad
Jul 23, 2024 | Alex Colville
Exchanges this week between Guyanese media and a provincial-level communication center in Shandong offer a glimpse of China’s broad push for influence abroad. The secret: convince journalists in the Global South that using Western media sources on China means unfair bias.
When Worlds Collide
Jul 12, 2024 | Alex Colville
State media have released a short, AI-generated series on Douyin. It’s the meeting point of several tools the Party has been using to modernize media and propaganda.
A Rare Exposé
Jul 10, 2024 | David Bandurski
In an investigative report splashed across the front page last week, a Beijing newspaper exposed lax food safety practices. It was just like old times.
China Starts Influence Ranking for Cities
Jul 4, 2024 | David Bandurski
The country’s external propaganda efforts have increasingly leaned on localities, mobilizing and pooling resources. Now the government will measure how they are performing.
The Politics of Pure Business
Jul 3, 2024 | David Bandurski
As Western media groups talk of “purely commercial” cooperation, China’s official Xinhua News Agency regards its partnerships as part of China’s broader effort to shape global discourse and promote its government image. It’s time for professional media groups to wake up.
China Grapples with Nationalism, and Fuels It
Jul 2, 2024 | Alex Colville
A flurry of statements from Chinese social media platforms in the wake of a tragic attack on a Japanese woman and her child in Suzhou pledge to clear up rabid nationalism online. Meanwhile, Chinese state media continue to pour fuel on the fire of anti-Japanese sentiment.
MAGA Communism and the China Grift
Jul 2, 2024 | Jordyn Haime
Riding American frustrations with foreign wars, can “MAGA Communism” advocate Jackson Hinkle help China gain sympathy in the US?
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