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Hong Kong business environment for media under assault from China
Former founding Chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong, Martin Lee, and former Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Anson Lee, participate in a panel at the National Endowment for Democracy on April 2,...
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Guest post by Richard Winfield of the International Senior Lawyers Project One of the classic arguments for a free and independent press is the economic one: where the press is free and independent,...
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The Self-Defeating Censorship of Xi Jinping
When Xi Jinping emerged as the likely successor to the Chairmanship of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2008, there was hope among Western leaders that he would usher in a more open and politically...
View ArticleChina’s Quest for International “Discourse Influence” Threatens Media...
In December, South Africa played host to the China-Africa Media Summit in Cape Town, a lead-up event to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit (FOCACS). Representatives from 120 media...
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Stoking the flames: Loaded media coverage aggravates China, India standoff
While China and India prepare for next month’s BRICS summit, tensions continue to build between the two high in the Himalayas. At the disputed border of China, India, and Bhutan, Chinese and Indian...
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China’s multi-billion dollar telecommunications investment in Africa poses...
By Andrea Vega Yudico The Chinese government is making significant investments in telecommunications infrastructure across Africa. According to the Tracking Chinese Development Finance project at...
View ArticleChina’s Outward Propaganda Strategy Undermines Independence of Overseas...
At a press briefing during China’s National People’s Congress convened in March, a local Chinese journalist’s dramatic eye-roll in response to her fellow reporter’s softball question went viral after...
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