China Media Project

How Xi Jinping Views the News

It will take many months to unpack the implications of the new and comprehensive media policy Chinese…

The Spirit of Control

Tomorrow will mark the one-week anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s “important speech” on information policy, in which…

Mirror, Mirror On the Wall

Three years ago, launching a “mass line” effort to close the widening gap between the public and the Chinese…

AN ODE TO BIG BROTHER

Earlier today, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a formal visit to the official Xinhua News Agency, an event that will…

A HISTORY OF “HURT FEELINGS”

Earlier this month on state television in China, Swedish national Peter…

The Roots of Media Corruption in China

Most people who work in any way with the media in China would probably agree that corruption…

Can Old News Shed Light on the Gui Minhai Case?

There's a new twist in the case of Hong Kong’s missing…

Who Sold Out China’s Health Forums?

On January 10, a query appeared on Zhihu (知乎), a Chinese question-and-answer community similar to…

An Immodest Proposal for China’s Government Websites

Allow me to explicate an argument made quite…

2016: A “Year of Innovation” for Internet Controls

In Beijing this week, a senior-level meeting on…