Views & Analysis
Rapping the China Monologue
China’s annual “two sessions” are now, well, in session. And that means it is...
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Views & Analysis
What are the short and longer-term themes taking shape in Chinese media? We offer thoughtful and informed analysis from leading media experts.
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The Dawn of the Little Red Phone
On January 25, all seven members of China’s elite Politburo Standing Committee, including...
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Will China’s President Be Informed?
“To err is human,” Deng Yuwen, the former editor of Study Times, wrote in the South...
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Mobilizing for the “China Solution”
China’s comeback story is playing on repeat these days. According to this feel-good...
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Declarations for Xi Jinping
For the first time last week, the Party's official People's Daily called President Xi Jinping a "leader," or lingxiu -- a term of great empowerment.
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The Baffling Makeover of CCTV Global
Xi Jinping recently congratulated the state-run broadcaster CCTV for its “makeover” of its international content platform. But changes at the network look like more of the same.
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What is This “Positive Energy”?
Chinese leaders have spoken a great deal lately about the need to "spread positive energy to society."
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China’s unspeakable consensus
A Chinese online publication published an investigative series on the ills caused by China's controversial Three Gorges Dam. The series was killed in under 7 hours.
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The long shadow of the Pu Zhiqiang case
On January 11, rights defense lawyer and former CMP fellow Pu Zhiqiang spent his 50th birthday behind bars.
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A letter to Beijing police
The following open letter addressed to Beijing police was written by former CMP fellow Zhai Minglei (翟明磊).
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Media Beat
China’s corrupt media
Veteran editor and CMP fellow Zhu Xuedong (left) says China's media have entered an "era of corruption" and serious ethical problems should continue for some time.
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Media Beat
Why news extortion is so hard to uncover
CMP fellow Liu Chang (left) reflects on the recent investigation of alleged news extortion at 21cbh.com.
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