After the death of CCTV anchor Luo Jing (罗京) last week, there has been talk about change within the programming of official news media. However, David Bandurski from the China Media Project is not so much convinced this is an...
Read MoreThe following commentary is from overseas Chinese news site boxun.com, translated by CDT’s Lucy Lin: A post about the corruption situation titled, “What Kind of Communist is Mr. Chen Hua?,” circulated...
Read MoreThis edition of CDT ChinaCast goes a little farther afield as we speak with an experienced reporter from Burma about the recent Burma crisis. Because of strict censorship and media control in Burma, we won’t use his name...
Read MoreAP reports that China set new rules for TV talent shows, “banning ‘American Idol’ -style mass audience voting by mobile phone text message and the Internet and forcing the programs out of prime time. From FOXNews: Media analyst Wang Ran said Saturday that the new regulations effectively kill the hugely popular TV format in China. […]
Read MoreChina Media Project translated sections of a speech by Yuan Zhifa, the former editor of Guangming Daily, in which he philosophizes about the importance of “the guidance of public opinion” in news reporting: China generally avoids making a public display of its media control ideology and tactics, which have scant popular support. As the 17th […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: TOM Group (2383.HK) , a media controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, reported a net loss of 72.35 million Hong Kong dollars, and saw its total revenue fall to HKÔºÑ1.347 billion, 8.6% lower from a year earlier. The company posted its interim report on August 21, pointing to Tom Online as the […]
Read MoreFor all official newspapers, what appears on the front page and even at which position using which fonts, have been instructed by the Central Propaganda Department for decades. This is not news. But it is still rare that five newspapers, including four nationally published ones such as People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily and PLA […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: China has ordered its media to report only positive news and imprisoned a pro-democracy dissident amid a clampdown on dissent ahead of the most important meeting of the Communist party in five years. Media controls have been tightened, Aids activists detained and NGOs shut down as the president, Hu Jintao, prepares for […]
Read MoreFrom The Tribune Chandigarth, India: Lately, one detects some nervousness among China’s rulers. The increased level of repression in the country is an important indication of this. There are reports of all kinds of people being put behind bars or being simply picked up by the authorities for salutary beating. And many of them do […]
Read MoreThis week’s edition of CDT ChinaCast’s Foreign Correspondents Series features Jaime Florcruz, the present Beijing bureau chief for CNN. After spending 35 years in the country, Florcruz is one of the godfathers of...
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