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China Recognizes Libya’s NTC as Ruling Authorities

ALTHOUGH THE CHINESE regime was found trying to sell arms to Moammar Gadhafi's in violation of U.N. sanctions and abstained from voting on a NATO-backed U.N. resolution that authorized military intervention in the North African nation, it has now moved … Continue reading

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Hangzhou Taxi Strike: Are Cabbies Striking by the Hundreds or the Thousands?

STATE-RUN CHINESE media and Western news organizations alike are reporting Monday that cab drivers in Hangzhou are on strike to protest high gas prices and traffic congestion that plagues the city in east China. But what they can't agree on … Continue reading

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Xinhua Gets Billboard at Times Square: Let the Reeducation Begin!

YOU THOUGHT YOU knew a thing or two about China, right? That, for example, it was a communist dictatorship that censors news and spreads propaganda? A violent regime that tortures and executes its own, peaceful citizens in political campaigns? A … Continue reading

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Media and Governance: Like Oil and Water

IN A JUNE 1 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Xinhua News Agency President Li Congjun advocated for a "media U.N." that would oversee news organizations across the globe in what he believes should be a new system that will … Continue reading

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How China’s Xinhua Covers Egypt

We all know there are strict controls vis-à-vis Chinese media covering the Egypt uprising: the Party blocked online BBSs, blocked searches on Sina Weibo, told media to keep it low key, and so on. But the official media didn’t turn … Continue reading

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