Phoenix News Site Suspended for “Illegal” Coverage
The Cyberspace Administration of China has suspended Phoenix New Media’s popular online news...
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Entertainment Accounts Closed as Party Emphasizes News Control
Dozens of popular social media accounts and apps that focus on celebrity and entertainment news...
Cyberspace Admin Issues New Live-streaming Rules
At Caixin, Chen Na reports on new regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the...
CDT Bookshelf: Liz Carter on “Let 100 Voices Speak”
Based in Washington, D.C., Liz Carter translates Chinese-language textbooks and writes at A Big...
Minitrue: Admonishing Online News Publishers
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
ThePaper.cn and Propaganda 2.0
Chinese state media face new competition from independent “self-media” accounts on WeChat, dynamic...
CCTV Losing Ground Amid Changing Media Landscape
The Wall Street Journal reports that state television broadcaster CCTV, which has long dominated...
Found in Translation
Newly launched political news website ThePaper.cn (澎湃), part of Xi Jinping’s drive to up the...
Political News Site Scolded for ‘Incorrect Practices’
The South China Morning Post reports that the newly launched political news website ThePaper.cn...
The Google/China Hacking Case: How Did the Story Flow Through Chinese-language Media?
Last month, a report from Nieman Labs tracked English-language reporting of the Google hacking story and found that of the many media reports, only very few contained any original reporting. Now, Nieman Labs has done the same...
Unlicensed Journalists Are no Laughing Matter, GAPP Says
China Media Project looks at one of the skits in the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which may have been more subversive than intended: Zhao, in his role as a simple peasant in the countryside, sits on the stoop outside his...
Propaganda Struggles Could Intensify
The Guardian looks ahead to possible developments in the media environment in China in 2010: Last year, a new English-language paper and Arabic and Russian TV channels were launched; this year, experts say, there could be not...
Zhou Xisheng (周锡生): “China Has the Most Open Internet in the World”
In China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated...
Gao Gang (高钢): Controlling the Effect of News Publication in the Internet Information Environment
In China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated...
Zhai Huisheng (翟惠生): Marxist Approach to the News, and the Values of the Mainstream Media
In China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated...
Li Wufeng (李伍峰): “Safeguarding the Orderly Dissemination of Online News”
In China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated...
New Weekly: Best of the Web 2009
This week’s featured article in New Weekly (新周刊) focuses on the Internet in China. Part 1 of their feature is a highlight of the “Best of the Web 2009,” chosen by the magazine, industry insiders, and netizens....
China Web Sites Seeking Users’ Names
As CDT reported earlier, the State Council Information Office has required all news websites to implement real name registration for their commenters, and websites are now quietly beginning to comply, according to the New York...
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