From Danwei blog: Some rather astonishing changes took place in the Chinese media landscape in the 1990s with the advent of digital technology and the sudden availability of a vast number of bootleg foreign entertainment disks. The rapid and chaotic influx of so much foreign material into average Chinese homes caught the Chinese government off […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: The mainland’s media watchdog has warned its branches to keep a close eye on the sale and broadcast of sensitive content with several key political anniversaries rolling around this year. The General Administration of Press and Publication, which oversees mainland newspapers, periodicals, television, radio and other […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Supervision of internet blogs will be tightened, the State Council has announced, while one of the mainland’s most popular liberal chat-room forums has been told to tone down comments on sensitive topics in further signs of increased control of the internet. Chat room website Cat898.com published […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: As Chinese leaders continue to debate the draft emergency management law, media in south China, which have traditionally earned a reputation for relative outspokenness, are leading the push against the media-related clause. Here is an editorial appearing in yesterday’s New Express, a commercial newspaper in Guangzhou published by Yangcheng Evening News. […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Scotsman: China is considering fines for media outlets which report emergencies without authorisation, a Chinese newspaper reported on Monday, reaffirming the Communist Party‘s control over the flow of news. The draft law would also fine news outlets that “illegally” report the handling of emergencies, the Beijing News said. Government agencies already tightly […]
Read MoreFrom AFP via Taipei Times (link): Hong Kong media experts yesterday expressed fears for freedom of speech after the government unveiled plans to set up an audit team to monitor the territory’s public broadcaster. The Audit Commission released a damning report on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) on Wednesday highlighting its poor financial controls, management […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Media (link): Media liberalization in China suffered a setback in 2005. This is a recurring theme in the 2006 China Media Yearbook & Directory, a publication by China Media Monitor Intelligence that provides a wealth of information on the Chinese media industry. In regard to the print media sector, the publication states: “Hopes […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg News (link) Ge Xiangwen became Washington bureau chief of Xinhua, China’s state-controlled news agency, last month. He has been immersed ever since in his first big assignment: covering this week’s visit to the U.S. by Chinese President Hu Jintao. Xinhua, China’s biggest news service, is using all 10 of its Washington reporters, four […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post (link) If you read China’s online press, this week’s meeting between President Hu Jintao and George W. Bush is a get-together of natural partners who, but for a few misunderstandings, could and should be much better friends. The relationship, says the People’s Daily Online, is “maturing.” The Chinese commentary on Hu’s […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC (link): The media scene in China has come a long way since the days when revolutionary slogans blared from loudspeakers in paddy-fields. But today’s Communist Party bosses are as determined as ever to maintain control over every word published or broadcast in the world’s most populous country. A media clampdown – the […]
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