Earlier this month, netizens were incensed over a viral video that showed firefighters and other uniformed officers breaking into a shop in Datong, Shanxi province late at night in order to turn on the lights—ostensibly, to...
To commemorate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released their annual World Press Freedom Index. It was no joyous occasion for China and Hong Kong, both of which registered among the lowest...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Date: March 3, 2022 Content: Implement the March 1, 2022 directive and give feedback at 22:00 as...
One of China’s premier investigative reporting outlets, Caixin, has been removed from the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) latest media “whitelist.” The whitelist governs how news is shared across the Chinese internet:...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
The New York Times’ Raymond Zhong reported this week on a popular news, blog, and...
China this week rolled out new rules on entertainment news as top lawmakers reviewed a draft of...
This year has seen a series of efforts by the Xi Jinping administration to strengthen the voice of...
At the Hong Kong Free Press, Karen Cheung reports on wide-ranging new rules that will ban content...
An editor at the liberal Southern Metropolis Daily has been fired after the paper’s Shenzhen...
Last month saw signs that the steady tightening of media control under Xi Jinping’s...
On February 15, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television...
At a private dinner party in April, star CCTV anchor Bi Fujian sang a parody of a “model...
At the Wall Street Journal, Te-Ping Chen reports that the State Administration of Press,...
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT)’s...
As one set of new press regulations follows another, The Telegraph’s Malcolm Moore describes...
China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television...
The following censorship instruction, issued to the media by government authorities, has been...
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