China Issues Approved News Source List
Updated roster shows modest growth to 1,456 sources, with expansion focused on provincial and government platforms.
Search Results for “political reform”
Smashing the News
After a company boss destroyed a journalist’s camera earlier this month, state media rushed to the defense, sounding off about the “right to report.” This moral signaling distracts from the systemic violence against journalism that is the real policy of the state.
China’s Global AI Firewall
DeepSeek’s latest model is its most restricted yet, particularly for users making politically sensitive queries in Chinese. Is a global split opening in AI?
A Big Test for AI in China
The authorities are coming down hard on AI scams targeting desperate families ahead of high-stakes college entrance exams.
AI Joins China’s Primary Schools
The Ministry of Education has laid out exactly how AI will be taught and used by schoolchildren. Hopes and fears about AI and critical thinking are entirely missing the point.
From Mao to MAGA
Journalist Tania Branigan discusses the memory of the Cultural Revolution, what the US can learn from this chaotic era, and how China isn’t being forced to forget — it wants to.
Television in Crisis
As programs in China become propaganda mouthpieces and meaningful content disappears, stations face financial collapse while viewers abandon traditional media entirely. Everyone inside knows the way out of the dilemma — but that door is closed by Beijing’s refusal to loosen control over public discourse.
China’s Anti-Corruption Act
The country’s leadership has launched another round of anti-corruption campaigning. But its use of classic cases, personal shaming and action posing is a reminder that it is more interested in political theater and loyalty tests than in real institutional reform.
China’s AI Content Dragnet
Hundreds of gigabytes of data from an unsecured server expose how China is using artificial intelligence to automate the surveillance of online discourse, with a sophisticated classification system prioritizing military, social, and political content.
The Slow Close of an Era
This year dawned with the closure of another batch of print newspapers in China. The relentless death of print continues in the country — mirroring a global trend.