News and Analysis
How Xi Jinping Views the News
It will take many months to unpack the implications of Xi Jinping's new comprehensive media policy, but here is a rundown of key phrases that help point the way.
Hurting the feelings of the “Zhao family”
Swedish national Peter Dahlin said on Chinese state TV that he had "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people.” What does this phrase really signify?
The roots of media corruption
Earlier this month, three journalists in Gansu province were arrested by city police in Wuwei for "extortion and blackmail." Is this a case of bad media ethics, or corrupted power?
Who Sold Out China’s Health Forums?
The Chinese web services company Baidu is at the centre of a controversy over the sale of control over health forums to for-profit enterprises.
A “Year of Innovation” for Internet Controls
China says it will "innovate" controls on the "online space" in 2016 -- and to drive global changes to internet governance.
Summing up 2015 in China
In this popular social media post, anonymous Chinese internet user "Fragrant Wu" recaps the year that was 2015 in China, full of wry smiles and dark laughter.
Xi urges “struggle” for military press
Wendy Zhou offers a quick take on important takeaways from Xi Jinping's speech at the Liberation Army Daily.
China’s cyber-diplomacy
Former Southern Weekly reporter Fang Kecheng, now studying in the United States, analyses the implications of China's recent World Internet Conference, at which President Xi Jinping gave an address on cyber-sovereignty.
That Mysterious “Facebook”
This post was one of many deleted from Sina Weibo today that comment on China's World Internet Conference, currently underway in the town of Wuzhen, in Zhejiang province.
Global Internet Governance 2.0?
At China's 2nd World Internet Conference, Xi Jinping talked about transforming global Internet governance.
The CCP’s “positive energy” obsession
How did a catchphrase from a inspirational self-help book by a British psychologist become a term at the centre of CCP propaganda policy?CMP Editorial
Why Southern Weekly?
Posted on 2013-02-18
CMP director Qian Gang explains why protests last month calling for freedom of speech in China began at the Southern Weekly newspaper. Why was the paper's New Year's edition so important, and such a point of contention?
Comic China
In what he says will be his "last satirical cartoon" before he switches entirely to puff commercial work, artist Cheng Tao depicts China's internet as a virtual prison.
The Anti-Social List
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What is This “Positive Energy”?
Posted on 2015-12-15
Chinese leaders have spoken a great deal lately about the need to "spread positive energy to society."
China’s unspeakable consensus
Posted on 2015-07-29
A Chinese online publication published an investigative series on the ills caused by China's controversial Three Gorges Dam. The series was killed in under 7 hours.
