Our lead story is an important example of the different views inside China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Far from being the dictatorial machine portrayed by western media and politicians, there is much...
China News 3rd May 2021
We chose three articles today – each very different. First is an abbreviated interview between a Hong Kong journalist and Cheung Chi-kong, Executive Director of One Country, Two Systems Research Center of Hong...
China News 26 April 2021
In our review of the Chinese media this week, we have three somewhat ‘heavyweight’ stories, two about the USA and one thoughtful article about China’s approach to the rule of law. China/USA ‘wolf wars’ China’s...
China News 19th April 2021
This week we have four very different stories from mainland Media. The first talks about the rising rich poor gap in Hong Kong. Our second looks at changes to women’s’ rights in China, especially following...
China News 12th April 2021
With lots of talk about new electric vehicles from Apple and the like, our first article this week is about one of China’s leading mobile phone makers, Xiaomi. The company’s founder gave a press conference...
China news 5th April 2021
The protracted Hong Kong turmoil, like Pandora’s Box, not only revealed the problems and contradictions in Hong Kong. It also forced Beijing to speed up its own governance proposals and calm the chaos in...
China News 29th March 2021
We have stories on three major topics this week. China’s Maritime Police Law has come in for negative comment in the West. Here, the author explains why China’s law is like those of most nations and complies...
China News 22nd March
In our news this week, we lead on the efforts China is making to tackle child sexual abuse. In our post on Thursday, we review a hugely moving book about sexual abuse in Mexico. The second story is about the...
China news – 6 April 2020
This week we focus on a single scholarly article, published in money.163.com, with the attention-grabbing headline: Nothing is more dangerous than answering the wrong question correctly. Written by Professor Liu...
China media coverage – 30 March 2020
One of the more bizarre stories this week from China has been the reported huge drop in the numbers of subscribers to the three mobile phone companies. The story first appeared on a Hong Kong news channel with...
