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
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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Sour Grapes Over Latest Pew Survey
Earlier this week the Pew Research Center, a non-partisan think tank in the US, released a survey...
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Wasted Words on Climate Change
For two years now, tensions between China and the US – over trade, Covid-19, technology and human...
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Blogger Loses CCF Member Status After Extreme Post
Last month, CMP reported on the firestorm surrounding well-known blogger and amateur scientist...
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