The following is the prepared statement of Xiao Qiang before the U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission on Access to Information in the People’s Republic of China: Chairman Bartholomew, Commissioner Houston, and Distinguished Commission members, My name is Xiao Qiang. I am the Director of the China Internet Project of the Graduate School […]
Read MoreThe Guardian follows up on the closure of China Development Brief: The publication’s role as a bridge between NGOs in China and the outside world may have raised the suspicions of the Communist government, which clamps down hard on any group that is in a position to link independent voices. China’s leadership is known to […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: The Shanxi Brick Kiln Affair (ȪëÁ†ñÁ™ë‰∫㉪∂) has received a wave of coverage in China over the last few weeks. But the lead editorial (Á§æËÆ∫) in today’s Southern Metropolis Daily takes a hard look at reporting for the story and gives the media low marks for its own role. The editorial steps […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: As a general rule the atmosphere for Chinese media grows more restrictive in the run-up to key political sessions. With China’s crucial 17th Party Congress just two months away (specific dates yet undetermined), propaganda authorities are readying themselves to keep a tight grip on public opinion. The tools at their disposal: […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia, written for the Web in English by Luisetta Mudie and edited by Sarah Jackson-Han: China’s information explosion was once expected to blow traditional government media controls wide apart. But the Communist Party’s powerful Central Propaganda Department still wields decisive influence over what gets published, media professionals throughout China say. “Newspapers, radio […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: Cross-talk performer Hou Yaowen died of a heart attack in Beijing over the weekend. Hou, son of the even more famous cross-talk master Hou Baolin, was 59. Hou’s sudden, premature death has had domestic media – both online and off – following the story to a degree that prompted entertainment journalist He Dong […]
Read MoreFrom the Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia: Recently, China’s General Administration of Press and Publication announced a nationwide audit on 10,000 periodicals to help standardize periodical publication forms. However, media workers in mainland China believe this is an attempt to further control publication content. According to media workers, the administration recently issued a policy […]
Read MoreLast month, author Zhang Yihe filed a lawsuit against The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) for banning her recent book. The officials in GAPP have publicly denied their action, but new evidence has emerged...
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: As news of a visit to Henan Province by Politburo member and top propaganda official Liu Yunshan was pegged to the top of one of Beijing’s leading Internet portals today, the message, buried deep in a pile of Party shibboleths about the “scientific view of development” and “advanced Socialist culture”, was […]
Read MoreFrom South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Beijing has tightened control of mainland media during the annual sessions of the top legislature and advisory body in a bid to silence dissent amid intensified efforts to woo foreign media ahead of next year’s Olympic Games. Propaganda authorities have urged mainland media to strictly toe the […]
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