Media Beat
China’s media environment moves fast. We follow breaking developments and policy signals, offering an inside look at trends as they emerge.
Media Beat
Apocalyptic Post Stirs Online Criticism
Even as censorship and surveillance have become ubiquitous on Chinese social media, forestalling...
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China’s Story Comes to Brussels
Politico reported this week that China Media Group (CMG), the state media super-conglomerate...
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Trumpets and Whispers
The top official news story in China today is the national celebration event for the...
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A Leftist Magazine Rises Again
On August 24, a post on the WeChat public account “Progress Culture Online” (进步文化网) announced the...
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Li Keqiang in the Muck
Over the past week, as floods continued to devastate communities across southwestern China, the...
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Reading Between the Crowds
Earlier this week, I looked at how party-state media in China have been flagrantly one-sided in...
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In China, Only Positive News for Lukashenko
In recent months, as tensions have risen in Belarus in the run-up to the disputed re-election...
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“Songs and Tears” for China’s Pandemic Heroes
In early March, as countries across the world rushed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Xi...
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Foreign Generals Nod to Xi’s Ideas
Since late June, state-run media have promoted the publication of the English-language edition of...
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A Diplomatic Bow to Xi Jinping
China faces a growing list of setbacks internationally that might suggest its turn in diplomacy...
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A Disaster is a Disaster
News about China internationally this week has centered on deepening US-China tensions. Houston,...
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Naysaying Navarro
In recent months, page three of the Chinese Communist Party’s official People’s Daily newspaper...
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