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China Unveils New Crackdown on TV Talent Competitions – AP

AP 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. […]

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Chinese Leaders Meditate Loudly on the Philosophy of Censorship as 17th Congress Nears – David Bandurski

China 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 […]

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Tom Group Registers Heavy Loss in First Half – Zhou Qiong

From 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 […]

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Five Official Newspapers Run Identical Front Pages On The Same Day

For 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 […]

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China Bans Negative Reporting Ahead Of Party Congress – Jonathan Watts

From 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 […]

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China’s Insecure Rulers – S. P. Seth

From 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 […]

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