‘You Are Our Lucky Star’: Chinese Media in Overdrive on Xi Jinping’s New Year Tour
Xi Jinping has flown into one of rural China’s most deprived corners to champion his war on extreme poverty before the country’s week-long Lunar New Year holiday.
China Loves Trump
In January of last year, around the time of the presidential inauguration, as jitters about the relationship between Donald Trump and China mounted, I regularly joined the mob of reporters at the Chinese foreign ministry’s daily briefings in...
U.S. Congress Urged to Require Chinese Journalists to Register as Agents
A report to the U.S. Congress released on Wednesday accused Chinese state media entities of involvement in spying and propaganda and said their staff in the United States should be required to register as foreign agents.
China’s State Media Has Been Mocking Donald Trump’s ‘Unpresidented’ Tweet
"Trump is not behaving as a President who will become master of the White House in a month"
China Plans to Teach Developing Countries and the UN About Protecting Human Rights
Like many of Beijing’s edicts, it is being criticized as a blatant piece of propaganda
China Breaks Official Silence on Cultural Revolution's 'Decade of Calamity'
Communist party’s decision not to address the anniversary until 24 hours after it had passed underlined its discomfort.
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12.17.15
Smarter, Sexier State Media: There’s an App for That
Before the Internet age, it used to be relatively straightforward for authoritarian regimes to dictate popular news consumption: just control all the major newspapers, as China’s ruling Communist Party has done since the founding of the People’s...
Chinese State Media Blasts ‘Stereotypical’ and ‘Prejudiced’ BBC Documentary
China’s state media Xinhua has lashed out at a recent documentary series by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
China’s Awkward ‘Banana’ Slip
As Gary Locke wrapped up his tenure as United States ambassador to China, he was lambasted in a Chinese state media editorial which accused him of being a race traitor, ashamed or in denial of his true heritage....
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01.03.14
2013, According to the Chinese Communist Party
What did the year in foreign policy look like in Chinese official circles? Divining the thoughts and motives of China’s leadership is a famously abstruse exercise even for Chinese citizens, who are often left to parse bland quotes or keep their...
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12.11.13
Pollution Has ‘Five Surprising Benefits,’ says State TV, but Chinese Unamused
Polluted air is a fact of life for many Chinese citizens, and it’s currently smothering parts of the country—but that’s not all bad, according to one state media outlet’s widely-ridiculed attempt at positive spin. A recent bout of noxious smog...
Psst, Chinese State Media: It's Satire
This week, Xinhua, China’s state-run newswire, picked up and translated a satirical blog post from the New Yorker’s Borowitz Report as though it were straight news reporting.
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08.08.13
Chinese State Media: Online Critics “Incite Political Unrest”
While the Internet has become the site of almost constant political arguments in China, few articles have generated as much debate as a recent piece by blogger Wang Xiaoshi. On August 1, Xinhua News Agency, a state-run media outlet,...
Tale Of China’s Leader In A Taxicab Is Retracted
The state-run news media, which had initially given credence to the story, abruptly reversed course, and the tale was in shreds. What does it mean when feel-good propaganda cannot be trusted even on its own fanciful terms?
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