With Chinese Training Programs, African Journalists Engage in a Struggle Over Narratives
To what extent do Chinese training programs for African journalists provide alternatives to overcome (historically Western) colonial practices of knowledge production, or instead perpetuate those same colonial practices? And how...
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Minitrue Plus Five: January 23, 2020 – Modi, ASEAN, Danish Sculpture, Karakax List, Angolan Corruption, etc.
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreWords of the Week: “Xiaohongshu Balance-Sheet Comparisons” (小红书对账, Xiǎohóngshū duìzhàng)
Although an executive order signed by President Trump on Monday gave Bytedance-owned TikTok a 75-day reprieve from an impending U.S. ban, the future—and future ownership—of the popular short-video sharing platform remains...
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Minitrue Plus Five: January 22, 2020 – Corrupt Officials, Film Royalty, Press Passes, Coronavirus, etc.
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreChinese Experts, State Media React to the Arrival of Trump 2.0
Like their American counterparts, Chinese leaders in academia, government, and the media are working to discern and shape the new trajectory of U.S.-China relations under a second Trump administration, now that he has officially...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 21, 2020 – Coronavirus, Benz in Forbidden City, Hospital Attack
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
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Thailand Moves to Deport Uyghur Detainees to China
On Sunday, researcher Nyrola Elimä reported that authorities in Thailand’s immigration detention center have separated 48 Uyghurs from other prisoners and prepared the former group for possible deportation to China. Thousands of...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 20, 2020 – Hospital Attack, Financial Company’s Social Media Banishment, Mercedes in Forbidden City, Coronavirus
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 19, 2020 – Unsavory Actors, Abe Congratulates Tsai, Coronavirus
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreMinitrue Plus Five: January 18, 2020 – Naming Rights & Subjects’ Complaints Over Women’s Volleyball Biopic
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020...
Read MoreNetizen Voices on TikTok “Refugees”: “We All Know This Isn’t Going to End Well, so Let’s Enjoy This ‘Global-village Moment’ While We Can”
As the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold a law forcing either the sale or ban of ByteDance-owned TikTok, “TikTok refugees” continued flocking to the Chinese-language app Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote. The influx of new...
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