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
New Journalist Rules Target Social Media Conduct
Released this week, new procedures in China for the verification of journalism credentials will...
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Xi Jinping, Headline Columnist
Seeking Truth, the Chinese Communist Party’s bi-monthly theoretical journal, rang in the New Year...
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China’s Telling Twitter Story
Twitter users are liking and sharing fewer tweets by Chinese news outlets since the social media...
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On EU Deal, the Word is “Win-Win”
The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), agreed on December 30, and characterized...
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Thoughts on a High-Level Error
On December 2, Xinhua News Agency issued a lengthy official news release with a ponderous headline...
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The Geopolitics of Cyberpunk
This month, China’s party-state media have been increasingly vocal in criticizing the “Clean...
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China Growls Over “Clean Network” Plan
In April this year, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the launch of the “Clean Network”...
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The Impossible Balance
Despite the strong political and ideological controls placed upon them, social media platforms in...
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Xi Jinping at Buddhism’s Core
Located in Xi’an, Da Ci’en Temple (大慈恩寺) is one of Chinese oldest Buddhist sites, its...
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China’s Silent Trade Row
“Canberra only has itself to blame,” read an commentary yesterday from the China Daily, the...
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The Politics of Planning
The Chinese Communist Party’s Fifth Plenum, which kicked off in Beijing on Monday, has focussed...
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Xinhua, Faux Pas
On the afternoon of October 15, the Weibo account “Xinhua Online Matters” (@新华社中国网事), operated by...
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