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.
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?
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...
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-...
1/3 The focus today at the Global Leaders' Meeting in Beijing was supposed to be women. But Xi Jinping and the Party were the real focus. What has actually changed for Chinese feminists since 1995? Read on.
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
1/3 The focus today at the Global Leaders' Meeting in Beijing was supposed to be women. But Xi Jinping and the Party were the real focus. What has actually changed for Chinese feminists since 1995? Read on.
This one comes with a nice interactive pulldown table of (partial) pen names used in the CCP's official People's Daily. We aim to serve!
October 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This one comes with a nice interactive pulldown table of (partial) pen names used in the CCP's official People's Daily. We aim to serve!
New to the CMP Dictionary: Emblazoned as the motto of the Central Party School and the namesake of China’s top theoretical journal, “seeking truth from facts” (实事求是) is one of the party’s most important guiding theoretical principles. Jordyn Haime breaks it down. bit.ly/48St7PK
October 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
New to the CMP Dictionary: Emblazoned as the motto of the Central Party School and the namesake of China’s top theoretical journal, “seeking truth from facts” (实事求是) is one of the party’s most important guiding theoretical principles. Jordyn Haime breaks it down. bit.ly/48St7PK
2/3 A key partner in this initiative is Scooper News, a mobile app launched in 2019 by Chinese smartphone giant Transsion Holdings. Never heard of it? Well, Scooper adds local info to Chinese state media content, pushing Beijing’s narratives to Africa. And it has at least 50 million users!
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
2/3 A key partner in this initiative is Scooper News, a mobile app launched in 2019 by Chinese smartphone giant Transsion Holdings. Never heard of it? Well, Scooper adds local info to Chinese state media content, pushing Beijing’s narratives to Africa. And it has at least 50 million users!
This month's Intersections newsletter is out! We look at harassment allegations in Taiwan's entertainment industry, a controversial campus birth in China that sparked national debate, and Hong Kong's rejection of same-sex marriage recognition. Read here: linguasinica.substack.com/p/power-hara...
September 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This month's Intersections newsletter is out! We look at harassment allegations in Taiwan's entertainment industry, a controversial campus birth in China that sparked national debate, and Hong Kong's rejection of same-sex marriage recognition. Read here: linguasinica.substack.com/p/power-hara...
Missed our newsletter this week. You can still read it here, and subscribe to get the latest insights on Chinese-language media delivered to your inbox. linguasinica.substack.com/p/fake-bylin...
September 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Missed our newsletter this week. You can still read it here, and subscribe to get the latest insights on Chinese-language media delivered to your inbox. linguasinica.substack.com/p/fake-bylin...
Why is UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming addressing this forum when its framing is clearly explicitly anti-journalism and counter to UN values — not to mention explicitly anti-US in rhetoric? The UN entity profile: 2/4 lingua-sinica.org/dispatch/uni...
September 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Why is UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming addressing this forum when its framing is clearly explicitly anti-journalism and counter to UN values — not to mention explicitly anti-US in rhetoric? The UN entity profile: 2/4 lingua-sinica.org/dispatch/uni...
At our Lingua Sinica website we are mapping participants in this month's 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum, held in Kunming, the capital of China's southwestern Yunnan province. Some thoughts. 1/4
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September 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
At our Lingua Sinica website we are mapping participants in this month's 2025 Global South Media and Think Tank Forum, held in Kunming, the capital of China's southwestern Yunnan province. Some thoughts. 1/4
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September 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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You can really see this at work in today's paper. Look at the headlines here for foreign visitors. Why not one story about lots of visiting leaders? Repetition as signaling. 2/2
September 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
You can really see this at work in today's paper. Look at the headlines here for foreign visitors. Why not one story about lots of visiting leaders? Repetition as signaling. 2/2
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July 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Another AI-generated front page in Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily today — a paper known for its striking photography. epaper.oeeee.com/epaper/A/htm...
May 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Another AI-generated front page in Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily today — a paper known for its striking photography. epaper.oeeee.com/epaper/A/htm...
One of China’s most celebrated metro commercial newspapers embraces artificial intelligence for front-page design, signaling deeper digital disruption in a newspaper industry facing tough times. chinamediaproject.org/2025/04/18/a...
April 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
One of China’s most celebrated metro commercial newspapers embraces artificial intelligence for front-page design, signaling deeper digital disruption in a newspaper industry facing tough times. chinamediaproject.org/2025/04/18/a...
The inside article is a full two-page story, including an interview with JFK historian Farris Rookstool.
March 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The inside article is a full two-page story, including an interview with JFK historian Farris Rookstool.
Fascinating front page in today's Southern Metropolis Daily in Guangzhou. The big headline: "Who Killed Kennedy?" But it is juxtaposed with an unrelated (obviously) image of diggers doing local demolition. epaper.oeeee.com/epaper/A/htm...
March 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Fascinating front page in today's Southern Metropolis Daily in Guangzhou. The big headline: "Who Killed Kennedy?" But it is juxtaposed with an unrelated (obviously) image of diggers doing local demolition. epaper.oeeee.com/epaper/A/htm...
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March 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Our informative and free Lingua Sinica newsletter is going out soon. Enjoy! But remember, this labor of love from our whole team takes effort. Consider becoming a paid subscriber for offerings like China ChatBot. For the rest of March, 10% off. Act now! linguasinica.substack.com/march2025spe...
On a recent curated tour of cities in China, Indonesian influencers gushed about food and culture. These digital stars are unwitting ambassadors in China’s campaign to reshape its image abroad — by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama. chinamediaproject.org/2025/03/13/i...
March 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
On a recent curated tour of cities in China, Indonesian influencers gushed about food and culture. These digital stars are unwitting ambassadors in China’s campaign to reshape its image abroad — by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama. chinamediaproject.org/2025/03/13/i...
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March 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
China Chatbot (out today for paid subscribers) should be one of your top sources for information on China and AI, including key discussions of policy, or how censorship is embedded in those LLMs your testing out. Don't miss out! Become a paid subscriber today. linguasinica.substack.com
Great deep-dive by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick into Hong Kong's Sino United Publishing goes public today. Become a Lingua Sinica subscriber now to enjoy this and other great content on Chinese media, globally and in the PRC. Paid subscribers get early access AND support our work. linguasinica.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Great deep-dive by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick into Hong Kong's Sino United Publishing goes public today. Become a Lingua Sinica subscriber now to enjoy this and other great content on Chinese media, globally and in the PRC. Paid subscribers get early access AND support our work. linguasinica.substack.com
On International Women's Day, are we surprised that China Women's News (中国妇女报) featured Xi—as head of the Central Military Commission—on the front page (A1)?
March 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
On International Women's Day, are we surprised that China Women's News (中国妇女报) featured Xi—as head of the Central Military Commission—on the front page (A1)?