"Having tea" with State Security
As Yu Jie’s new book, China’s Best Actor: Wen Jiabao, hits stands in Hong Kong, we translate the author’s transcript of an exchange with State Security ahead of its release.
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When being an official became dangerous
With social tensions running hot in China, and few outlets, is it any wonder party leaders are now emphasizing the “channeling” and control of public opinion flashpoints?
A Record of Change in China’s Media (中国传媒风云录)
Preface: “Three Decades in China: Two Reforms” By Ying Chan Chapter One: “Gradual Reform in China’s Media” By Yang Jisheng Chapter Two: “Launching Southern Weekend” By Zuo Fang Chapter Three: “Ten Years at Caijing magazine” By Hu Shuli Chapter Four: “A History of Southern Metropolis Daily” By Cheng Yizhong Chapter Five: “Chinese Media in the […]
Joint editorial should top the premier's NPC reading list
China’s annual full session of the National People’s Congress, the country’s highest government body, will convene this week, and Premier Wen Jiabao’s online chat with Internet users last Saturday, in the run-up to this week’s session, has prompted varying reactions in Hong Kong. Personally, I do not agree with those who are completely dismissive of […]
How should we read China's "discourse of greatness"?
A whole new set of terms is emerging in China to describe the country’s growing national power. Taken together, these form what might be called a “discourse of greatness,” or shengshi huayu (盛世话语). China’s discourse of greatness includes such terms as “China in ascendance” (盛世中国), “the China path” (中国道路), “the China experience” (中国经验), “the China […]
An ordinary citizen probes Three Gorges Dam finances
By Qian Gang — On January 26, Ren Xinghui (任星辉), a young Beijing resident, decided to stand up against China’s Ministry of Finance. Why? Because his request that income and expenditures for the Three Gorges Project be made public in accord with China’s National Ordinance on Government Information Release was rejected by the ministry. Capital […]
How much Internet freedom do Chinese citizens have?
By Qian Gang — I often urge my friends and colleagues in Hong Kong to come to grips with the paradoxical pattern of “step, standstill and back-step” (进步/止步/退步) that characterizes China’s development today. I try to explain how China does not lend itself to simple labels like “free” or “unfree.” As we broach this now […]
Looking back on China's media in 2009
By David Bandurski — Earlier this month The Journalist Monthly, a magazine published by Shanghai’s Wenhui Xinmin United Press Group, which also publishes the English-language Shanghai Daily, ran a lengthy article recounting the most important Chinese media events of 2009. They were listed out month by month, with brief summaries citing news coverage and including […]
What does the fate of Sun TV in China tell us?
By Qian Gang — This has been a winter of unusual weather patterns in China’s media landscape. And the latest drop in temperature came on November 28, as many television viewers in China discovered they could no longer receive programs from Hong Kong-based Sun TV. It is clear now that Sun TV broadcasts to the […]
How the next ten years will decide China's future
By Qian Gang — On National Day this month, as the capital was swept up in waves of carefully contrived jubilation, my thoughts turned to China’s future. What would China be like on the 70th anniversary in 2019? On that day, just over the horizon, would we witness a replay of this pageantry? Would party […]