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
Party Media Focus Away From Outbreak
As it grapples with the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, China is now dealing with the most serious...
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Debating China’s Historic Wildfire
For months now, fires across Australia have drawn the attention of the world, demanding people sit...
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Mass Line Internet Control
On December 20, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s top body for internet...
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Media Agency Websites “Rectified”
Through its official WeChat public account “Cyber China” (网信中国) today, the Cyberspace...
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A Literary Reference Backfires
On December 3, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying (华春莹) held a press conference at...
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China Gets First “Common Destiny” Center
At a ceremony held in Beijing on November 29, the Communication University of China formally...
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External Forces and Black Hands
The front page of the Chinese Communist Party’s official People’s Daily newspaper...
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Words of Warning in the People’s Daily
In a front page commentary today, the Chinese Communist Party’s official People’s...
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The Limits of Positivity
The propaganda stunt pulled today by soldiers from the Kowloon barracks of the Chinese army could...
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Reforming Control
It was a quiet day yesterday in the pages of the People’s Daily. So quiet, in fact, that the space...
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Making Political Mythology
For generations in China, the status of self-effacing soldier Lei Feng as the pre-eminent model of...
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China’s “Mainstream”
Understanding China requires a high-level of sensitivity to the nuances of the political language...
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