China Media Project

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…

Three Cheers for China’s Cyber-Volunteers

“Spreading positive energy,” the idea that China can transform itself through a collective focus on everything that can possibly go right, has become one of President Xi Jinping’s most favoured catchphrases in the arena of information control. The term, to…

CHINA’S CYBER-DIPLOMACY

China’s World Internet Conference is last week’s news, but the event will likely reverberate for years to come, as…

The Spirit of Control

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

Summing Up China’s 2015

Here we are in 2016. But before we leap headlong into what will certainly be a twelve-month roller coaster ride of…

China’s Military Press: A New Force in the “Struggle” of Ideas?

China’s Liberation Army Daily, the…

2016: A “Year of Innovation” for Internet Controls

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

Chinese Media and the Tianjin Disaster

On the night of August 12, 2015, a series of major explosions swept across the Binhai New…

Another “Ethics Committee” Sets Up Shop

In a recent piece for ChinaFile, I looked at how China’s leadership is building a new…

Improper Readings of “Improper Discussion”

Introduced in late October, the Chinese Communist Party’s new disciplinary…