Does China Care About its International Image?
After summarizing the regionally varying China-related findings of a recent BBC World...
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LatestChina Puts $2 Bln on Fighting Neocolonial Image in Africa
Following Premier Li Keqiang’s recent tour of Africa on which he unveiled new aid totaling...
Princelings Urge Parole For Imprisoned Nobel Laureate
Descendants of China’s Communist founding fathers have been pushing for the early release of...
China Asks: What's Eating the Forbidden City?
Caixin reports on the mounting structural disrepair of the Palace Museum and the mismanagement that may be to blame. A sense of dignified peace is what most visitors take away from China’s 600-year-old royal palace, the...
Who is China’s Publicity Film Really For?
Columnist and veteran journalist Chang Ping writes in the South China Morning Post (reposted on China Media Project) about a new propaganda film, People, being issued by the Chinese government: For many Chinese, our “national...
China Says Being Demonised Over Fake Drugs
With China’s sensitivity to foreign opinion, China is countering the claim that it is producing fake drugs, especially with last year’s milk contaminations. From Reuters: A senior Chinese health official complained...
David Wolf: A Chinese Al-Jazeera – Five Reasons This Is a Good Thing
As previously reported on CDT, the Chinese government plans to invest RMB 45 billion into domestic media organizations which target overseas audiences. Part of that money would fund the creation of a television station devoted...
Susan Brownell: Was There a Master Plan to Use the Olympic Games to Promote a Positive Image of China to the World ?
The China Beat has reprinted a version of a paper on the 2008 Beijing Olympics and China’s image, presented at a recent conference at the University of Southern California in January 2009. Below is an excerpt: There was a...
China Spends 45 Billion to Extend Media’s Global Reach
Cam MacMurchy at Zhongnanhaiblog reposts and comments on two articles published in the January 13 issue of the South China Morning Post (subscription required). According to the first story, Beijing in 45b Yuan Global Media...
China 2008: Nationalism, Internet Culture, and Identity
This is a continuation of the series on CDT relating to relevant China issues in 2008. This article deals with Chinese Nationalism and Internet Culture. Please see also previous posts on the Developing World. Chinese nationalism...
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