Tag: Propaganda department

1949 60 years academics Beijing environment broadcasting CCTV CCTV fire censorship Charter 08 Chen Guangcheng Chinese Dream constitution crackdown danwei David Bandurski Directives from the Ministry of Truth environment ethnic minority external propaganda fifty cent party food safety foreign investment in media Foxconn freedom of expression Freezing Point Global Times government propaganda Guangdong Guangdong Department of Propaganda Han Han Hu Chunhua

Striving for Freedom in the Chinese New Year

At The Washington Post, Perry Link and CDT founder Xiao Qiang point out a hollow in Xi Jinping’s “China dream”, between individuals’ material wishes and the “spiritual” goals of the state. What is deliberately missing, they suggest, is the aspiration for personal dignity articulated in January by Southern Weekly’s censored New Year message. One might ask why Southern Weekly’s notion of dignity cannot simply be inserted into