April 2013

CMP's "news and analysis" section covers breaking news and emerging trends in the Chinese media and places these within a larger social and political context.

Will we all be “dreamed away”?

Will we all be “dreamed away”? Will Xi Jinping's inspirational buzzword become synonymous with censorship and repression just like that of his predecessor?

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Questions surround Urumqi reporter’s death

Questions surround Urumqi reporter’s death After a young news intern in Xinjiang is killed, the paper is keen not to say where the accident happened.

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Party must grab the agenda, says official

Party must grab the agenda, says official Shaanxi provinces top propaganda leaders calls on the Party to be "courageous" in asserting its control over social media. The Party must also foster its own group of influential Weibo users.

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Li Chengpeng talk at HKU

Li Chengpeng talk at HKU Noted blogger and author Li Chengpeng will give a talk at the University of Hong Kong about what it means to be a writer in China today.

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Authorities cancel indie film festival

Authorities cancel indie film festival A prominent social critic and professor at the Beijing Film Academy reports on Weibo today that authorities have shuttered one of the country's leading forums for independent documentary film.

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