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The 18th Party Congress is over, let’s have some news

Posted on 2012-11-19 by Barry van Wyk

Now that the 18th Party Congress is over, newspapers all over China are free again to report on whatever they think can make their front pages as interesting and as inviting as possible. So here’s a selection of four front … Continue reading →

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Xi Jinping: “New start, new expectations, new era”

Posted on 2012-11-16 by Barry van Wyk

Xi Jinping has the biggest and most ubiquitous picture on the front pages of China’s newspapers today, signifying that he is now in charge, unlike yesterday when Hu Jintao’s picture was still all over the front pages. With the new seven-member Politburo … Continue reading →

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The Wrinkly Arm of the Law

Posted on 2012-11-16 by Christopher Cherry

A photo diary of encounters with retiree security volunteers in Beijing during the 18th Party Congress. It’s something of an unusual policing tactic, employing tens of thousands of smiling, crinkly-eyed pensioners as the first line of defense against the unending … Continue reading →

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“The CPC 18th Party Congress successfully ended yesterday”

Posted on 2012-11-15 by Barry van Wyk

China’s newspapers went to press today before the new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee under Xi Jinping was presented to the media (see Shanghaiist for a recap). Hence, in uniform anticipation of tomorrow’s big news, they all today simply announced that the 18th Party … Continue reading →

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Ways of reporting the end of the 18th Party Congress

Posted on 2012-11-14 by Barry van Wyk

The 18th Party Congress ended today, and this naturally dominated the front pages of China’s newspapers, who used a small variety of headlines related to the last day of the Congress, the most common of which were “18th Party Congress … Continue reading →

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Hotly debated at the 18th Party Congress: “What does a fairer China really mean?”

Posted on 2012-11-12 by Barry van Wyk

Various newspapers in China today published headlines that are supposedly based on hot debates at the ongoing 18th Party Congress on the question of how to create a fairer and more equal China. The debates on this issue have come … Continue reading →

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Hu’s the boss

Posted on 2012-11-09 by Barry van Wyk

The Weibo user Media Man Old Wang (传媒老王) posted a selection of newspaper front pages from November 9, the day after the 18th Party Congress started. He notes that all of these papers are commercial metropolis papers that do not usually carry … Continue reading →

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The 18th Party Congress opens

Posted on 2012-11-08 by Barry van Wyk

Its finally here, the day we’ve all been waiting for so long, and there really is not much else that can be found on China’s front pages today. The Beijing Morning Post (北京晨报) is indicative of the kind of headline that is … Continue reading →

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