China Media Project
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The CMP is an independent research project studying the Chinese media landscape within the PRC and globally, as well as the CCP's media and political discourse.
2/2 Our look into the absurdity of Xi's international propaganda push as local and regional centers leap to the challenge.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
2/2 Our look into the absurdity of Xi's international propaganda push as local and regional centers leap to the challenge.
chinamediaproject.org/2025/12/12/g...
chinamediaproject.org/2025/12/12/g...
The city of Hanzhong launched its own international communication center over the weekend. More and more ICCs every week. Our analysis from last week up next. 1/2 news.qq.com/rain/a/20251...
汉中国际传播中心揭牌 打造具有地方特色的国传新格局_腾讯新闻
12 月 12 日，陕西汉中市国际传播协作交流会暨汉中市国际传播中心揭牌运行活动举行。活动以构建具有鲜明汉中特色的国际传播战略体系为目标，深入贯彻落实党的二十届四中全会精神，为汉中文化强市建设注入强劲动能。 活动现场，与会领导共同为 “汉中市国际传播中心” 揭牌，标志着汉中国际传播工作迈入资源整合、协同发力的...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The city of Hanzhong launched its own international communication center over the weekend. More and more ICCs every week. Our analysis from last week up next. 1/2 news.qq.com/rain/a/20251...
China's Guangxi province is spearheading the most concerted government effort yet to export Chinese AI abroad.
A chatbot built for Malaysia's government reveals how these ventures can help reshape Southeast Asia as a Chinese sphere of influence.
A chatbot built for Malaysia's government reveals how these ventures can help reshape Southeast Asia as a Chinese sphere of influence.
The Chinese Province Reshaping AI in Southeast Asia - China Media Project
Guangxi represents the most concerted government effort so far to push the nation’s AI products abroad. A chatbot created for the Malaysian government is evidence of how AI can help reshape the region...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
China's Guangxi province is spearheading the most concerted government effort yet to export Chinese AI abroad.
A chatbot built for Malaysia's government reveals how these ventures can help reshape Southeast Asia as a Chinese sphere of influence.
A chatbot built for Malaysia's government reveals how these ventures can help reshape Southeast Asia as a Chinese sphere of influence.
Global Dreams in Small-Town China | As international communication centers proliferate across China down to the county level, Xi Jinping’s grand vision for global “discourse power” meets absurd local reality. chinamediaproject.org/2025/12/12/g...
Global Dreams in Small-Town China - China Media Project
As international communication centers proliferate across China down to the county level, Xi Jinping's grand vision for global "discourse power" meets absurd local reality.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Global Dreams in Small-Town China | As international communication centers proliferate across China down to the county level, Xi Jinping’s grand vision for global “discourse power” meets absurd local reality. chinamediaproject.org/2025/12/12/g...
"According to the Ministry of Information, there are around 2,000 media outlets operating in Cambodia. That sounds like a lot, but there is no real diversity in terms of editorial independence."
This month, we sat down with Cambodian journalist Nop Vy to discuss Cambodia's press freedom decline since 2017, the risks facing independent outlets, and Chinese influence over information access in the country. lingua-sinica.org/reporting-un...
Reporting Under Pressure in Cambodia - Lingua Sinica
Journalist Nop Vy discusses press freedom's decline since 2017, the risks facing independent outlets, and Chinese influence over information access.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"According to the Ministry of Information, there are around 2,000 media outlets operating in Cambodia. That sounds like a lot, but there is no real diversity in terms of editorial independence."
This month, we sat down with Cambodian journalist Nop Vy to discuss Cambodia's press freedom decline since 2017, the risks facing independent outlets, and Chinese influence over information access in the country. lingua-sinica.org/reporting-un...
Reporting Under Pressure in Cambodia - Lingua Sinica
Journalist Nop Vy discusses press freedom's decline since 2017, the risks facing independent outlets, and Chinese influence over information access.
lingua-sinica.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This month, we sat down with Cambodian journalist Nop Vy to discuss Cambodia's press freedom decline since 2017, the risks facing independent outlets, and Chinese influence over information access in the country. lingua-sinica.org/reporting-un...
1/4 Our Lingua Sinica database is being constantly updated with new global media engagements by the PRC. But we are entering historic ones too. Stay tuned to this great resource, and learn how to use it here. lingua-sinica.org/how-to-use/
How to Use - Lingua Sinica
Lingua Sinica is an interactive tool allowing users to gain as complete a picture as possible of Chinese-language media environments and actors across the world as well as points of engagement on medi...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
1/4 Our Lingua Sinica database is being constantly updated with new global media engagements by the PRC. But we are entering historic ones too. Stay tuned to this great resource, and learn how to use it here. lingua-sinica.org/how-to-use/
In December 2020 China Media Group hosted a "win-win cooperation" forum with European media partners. The result? Joint ventures that embed Chinese state content into European news flows—China Business Video with Reuters and BizToday with ENEX. lingua-sinica.org/dispatch/cmg...
CMG Hosts 2020 European Media Cooperation Forum - Lingua Sinica
On December 10, 2020, China Media Group (中國媒體集團) hosted the 2020 European Media Partners Cooperation Online Forum, which the state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) called a “Mutual Trust Dia...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In December 2020 China Media Group hosted a "win-win cooperation" forum with European media partners. The result? Joint ventures that embed Chinese state content into European news flows—China Business Video with Reuters and BizToday with ENEX. lingua-sinica.org/dispatch/cmg...
Great piece out on GenZ media in China and Taiwan by Mark Chiu (邱新博) at our sister publication Tian Jian. Must read. tian-jian.org/self-media-c...
【特稿】中國Z世代談自媒體改變閱聽習慣 - 田間 Tian Jian
明顯看到20年間的變化與退化，在想人類的閱讀能力到底會退化到什麼地步？
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November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Great piece out on GenZ media in China and Taiwan by Mark Chiu (邱新博) at our sister publication Tian Jian. Must read. tian-jian.org/self-media-c...
“Literary inquisition” is a practice rooted in imperial China whereby authorities persecute scholars and writers for content deemed subversive. While officially condemned by the CCP as a relic of feudalism, the practice has echoes in China today. chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dict...
Literary Inquisition - China Media Project
"Literary inquisition" is a practice rooted in imperial China whereby authorities persecute scholars, writers, and officials for content deemed subversive or disloyal to the ruling power. While offici...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“Literary inquisition” is a practice rooted in imperial China whereby authorities persecute scholars and writers for content deemed subversive. While officially condemned by the CCP as a relic of feudalism, the practice has echoes in China today. chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dict...
AI Cop Signals VPN Crackdown: China’s AI-generated police spokesman returned this week with warnings to all Chinese that circumventing the Great Firewall threatens personal safety and national security — and will be punished. chinamediaproject.org/2025/11/13/a...
AI Cop Signals VPN Crackdown - China Media Project
China's AI-generated police spokesman returned this week with warnings to all Chinese that circumventing the Great Firewall threatens personal safety and national security — and will be punished.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
AI Cop Signals VPN Crackdown: China’s AI-generated police spokesman returned this week with warnings to all Chinese that circumventing the Great Firewall threatens personal safety and national security — and will be punished. chinamediaproject.org/2025/11/13/a...
1/3 Chinese drama "Summer Rose" hit 3 billion views in 8 days. Beautiful cinematography, symbolic imagery, and a gentle male lead who seems to be the ideal partner to ask for. Sounds progressive, right?
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
1/3 Chinese drama "Summer Rose" hit 3 billion views in 8 days. Beautiful cinematography, symbolic imagery, and a gentle male lead who seems to be the ideal partner to ask for. Sounds progressive, right?
Intersections newsletter is out! We look at internalized discrimination in Taiwan's gay community, Hong Kong's growing voyeurism crisis, China's "sweet economy" marriage vouchers, and much more. Read here: linguasinica.substack.com/p/chinas-wom...
China's Women's Rights Lawyers, a Short Drama Phenomenon, and Taiwan's Pride
These stories and more — including a Taiwanese actress's directorial debut addressing domestic violence — in this latest edition of the Intersections bulletin.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Intersections newsletter is out! We look at internalized discrimination in Taiwan's gay community, Hong Kong's growing voyeurism crisis, China's "sweet economy" marriage vouchers, and much more. Read here: linguasinica.substack.com/p/chinas-wom...
The example blue notice we include in this post is hugely concerning too. A police notice from Chongqing announcing an investigation into Taiwanese lawyer and legislator Shen Bo-yang (沈伯洋), who is also known as Puma Shen.
Hu Xijin speaks out against the flood of "blue background" notices from police and government that are drowning out even Party-led journalism. Learn more: chinamediaproject.org/2025/11/10/b...
Beyond Blue and White - China Media Project
Former Global Times editor Hu Xijin warns that official notices are replacing journalism, undermining China's ability to communicate effectively during crises.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The example blue notice we include in this post is hugely concerning too. A police notice from Chongqing announcing an investigation into Taiwanese lawyer and legislator Shen Bo-yang (沈伯洋), who is also known as Puma Shen.
Hu Xijin speaks out against the flood of "blue background" notices from police and government that are drowning out even Party-led journalism. Learn more: chinamediaproject.org/2025/11/10/b...
Beyond Blue and White - China Media Project
Former Global Times editor Hu Xijin warns that official notices are replacing journalism, undermining China's ability to communicate effectively during crises.
chinamediaproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hu Xijin speaks out against the flood of "blue background" notices from police and government that are drowning out even Party-led journalism. Learn more: chinamediaproject.org/2025/11/10/b...
A very revealing deep-dive by Li Hou-chen and our team over at Tian Jian on how China is leveraging influencers — from Taiwan and around the world — for state agendas. linguasinica.substack.com/p/the-influe...
The Influence Machine
A deep-dive into the China trip of Taiwanese influencer Holger Chen exposes the sophisticated network of state-linked influencers and media outlets driving China's push for cross-strait influence.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
A very revealing deep-dive by Li Hou-chen and our team over at Tian Jian on how China is leveraging influencers — from Taiwan and around the world — for state agendas. linguasinica.substack.com/p/the-influe...
A media loss for Macau, fake China protest videos, and brevity for the battlefield — the latest edition of the Lingua Sinica newsletter is out. Read it here: linguasinica.substack.com/p/a-media-lo...
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A media loss for Macau, fake China protest videos, and brevity for the battlefield — the latest edition of the Lingua Sinica newsletter is out. Read it here: linguasinica.substack.com/p/a-media-lo...
As Hangzhou marked its 70th anniversary of its official media group, the top local leader delivered a message of perfect conformity — his words a carbon copy of Xi Jinping’s media directives. Even the imagery echoed. chinamediaproject.org/2025/11/03/a...
A Media Tour in Hangzhou - China Media Project
As the city's main newspaper group marked its 70th anniversary, the top local leader delivered a message of perfect conformity — his words a carbon copy of Xi Jinping's media directives.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
As Hangzhou marked its 70th anniversary of its official media group, the top local leader delivered a message of perfect conformity — his words a carbon copy of Xi Jinping’s media directives. Even the imagery echoed. chinamediaproject.org/2025/11/03/a...
AllAboutMacau (論盡媒體) announced that it will shut down December 20, 2025, after the government revoked its publishing license. Journalists have been barred from the Legislative Assembly since October 2024, with three facing criminal charges.
Independent Outlet Forced to Shut Down - Lingua Sinica
AllAboutMacau is shutting down after the government revoked its license, citing non-compliance with publication laws.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
AllAboutMacau (論盡媒體) announced that it will shut down December 20, 2025, after the government revoked its publishing license. Journalists have been barred from the Legislative Assembly since October 2024, with three facing criminal charges.
When a car struck schoolchildren in Hubei on October 22, authorities silenced the story for three days as a key political meeting was underway in Beijing.
The blackout reveals how China’s information controls have intensified — and how citizens are struggling to break through.
The blackout reveals how China’s information controls have intensified — and how citizens are struggling to break through.
Hubei Hit-and-Run Escapes the Headlines - China Media Project
When a car struck schoolchildren in Hubei, authorities silenced the story for three days as a key political meeting was underway in Beijing. The blackout reveals how China's information controls have ...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
When a car struck schoolchildren in Hubei on October 22, authorities silenced the story for three days as a key political meeting was underway in Beijing.
The blackout reveals how China’s information controls have intensified — and how citizens are struggling to break through.
The blackout reveals how China’s information controls have intensified — and how citizens are struggling to break through.
In our latest in the CMP Dictionary, Jordyn Haime looks at the old CCP term "mouthpiece," historically an affirmation of the media's service of the Party — but now also an attack line on Western media.
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Mouthpiece - China Media Project
The reference to the media as a “mouthpiece” (喉舌) is not a slight against propaganda media as some may assume, but a term long used by the Chinese Communist Party itself to describe the role of the me...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
In our latest in the CMP Dictionary, Jordyn Haime looks at the old CCP term "mouthpiece," historically an affirmation of the media's service of the Party — but now also an attack line on Western media.
chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dict...
chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dict...
A Japanese scholar accused the China Times of fabricating his analysis of Taiwan's KMT election and inventing quotes he never wrote. How did the story unfold?
Read our latest Flash Report on Lingua Sinica: lingua-sinica.org/talking-head...
Read our latest Flash Report on Lingua Sinica: lingua-sinica.org/talking-head...
Talking Heads in Taiwan - Lingua Sinica
A Japanese political scientist accuses a paper in Taiwan of fabricating quotes in its coverage of Taiwan's KMT leadership election.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A Japanese scholar accused the China Times of fabricating his analysis of Taiwan's KMT election and inventing quotes he never wrote. How did the story unfold?
Read our latest Flash Report on Lingua Sinica: lingua-sinica.org/talking-head...
Read our latest Flash Report on Lingua Sinica: lingua-sinica.org/talking-head...
Beijing Frames the Trump Visit: Two commentaries in yesterday’s People’s Daily — and a media event earlier this month in South Korea — reveal China’s systematic approach to shaping elite opinion ahead of the events like the Xi-Trump meeting in Seoul. chinamediaproject.org/2025/10/28/b...
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Beijing Frames the Trump Visit: Two commentaries in yesterday’s People’s Daily — and a media event earlier this month in South Korea — reveal China’s systematic approach to shaping elite opinion ahead of the events like the Xi-Trump meeting in Seoul. chinamediaproject.org/2025/10/28/b...
Our Chinese-language sister publication Tian Jian (田間), specializing in reporting on issues related to global Chinese-language media, just went live with their website. Check it out here: tian-jian.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Our Chinese-language sister publication Tian Jian (田間), specializing in reporting on issues related to global Chinese-language media, just went live with their website. Check it out here: tian-jian.org
The latest Lingua Sinica newsletter is out. Read it, and subscribe. linguasinica.substack.com/p/pen-names-...
October 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The latest Lingua Sinica newsletter is out. Read it, and subscribe. linguasinica.substack.com/p/pen-names-...