Category Archives: State media

Xinhua: 15,000 dead in Burmese cyclone

Xinhua: 15,000 death toll from cyclone

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Normal service will resume soon

The People’s Daily has a slightly different take on Lhåsa from The Guardian.

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Skinhua returns

The return of scantily clad babes to Xinhua.

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Will anyone dare to take this district mayor’s photo now?

Wang Lili (王力利) fired from Tongzhou Newsletter (通州时讯) after publishing a photo of Tongzhou district head Deng Naiping (邓乃平) with his eyes closed.

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Searching for honesty among propaganda spinners

Zhang Xiang’ou (章翔鸥) regrets a propaganda piece he did for the People’s Daily seven years ago.

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Improving the Spring Festival Gala

Responses to the dress rehearsals for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, from the Propaganda Department and SARFT.

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CCTV news retools its image – to what end?

CCTV adds some new anchors.

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Headline of the year

Sent in by Steven Schwankert of Sinoscuba, this has got to be the best headline of the year in China’s English language media: People want concerns addressed

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Pity the peacekeepers

Yum yum yum The Mid-Autumn Festival — celebrated by giving — and once in a while eating — stodgy mooncakes falls on September 25 this year. Xinhua reports: Shanghai joined Beijing and Guangzhou yesterday in sending mooncakes to Chinese peacekeepers … Continue reading →

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Copy-paste lessons unlearned

In a repeat of a 2004 incident, China Daily website censors overlook a sensitive line in a wire report.

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