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Lingua Sinica Newsletter, 17 June open.substack.com/pub/linguasini…

A Media Corruption Case in Shanghai: Local police allege that a WeChat account extorted hundreds of thousands of yuan from companies — revealing how corruption persists in China’s tightly controlled information landscape. chinamediaproject.org/2025/06/23/sha…

Our latest CMP Dictionary entry: Dalia Parete looks at the “Five Major Homes” (五大家园) concept as part of China’s diplomatic framework for its relations with Southeast Asia. chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictio…

While the Iran crisis has dominated Chinese social media, record floods displacing 400,000 people in Hunan province have struggled for public attention. chinamediaproject.org/2025/06/26/flo…

Is Xi’s Grip Holding? Despite speculation about the waning media presence of China’s top leaders, our study of headlines in the People’s Daily suggests his dominance remains largely intact. chinamediaproject.org/2025/06/26/is-…

Hainan Opens Middle East Media Center: As the provincial government launches a communication outpost in Dubai, it partners with an outlet CMP previously identified as having close ties to China’s foreign affairs ministry. chinamediaproject.org/2025/06/27/hai…

Xi Jinping’s multi-stakeholder strategy aims to coordinate government, media, enterprises and social forces to reshape China’s global communication. But lofty hype about the strategy presents its own challenge to progress. chinamediaproject.org/2025/06/30/chi…

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China’s Italian Job: Beijing launched a grandiose television series promoting Xi Jinping across dozens of Italian networks. Why did Italy’s media welcome such blatant propaganda? chinamediaproject.org/2025/07/02/chi…

"AI Governance with Chinese Characteristics" is a phrase that has just emerged in a key CCP magazine. What does it mean? Find out in this week's China Chatbot. Paid subscribers not only get early access on Fridays, but also support our work! linguasinica.substack.com

The results are in for China’s “Clear and Bright” campaign targeting AI abuses — and bad actors still have ready access to deepfake tools. chinamediaproject.org/2025/07/02/chi…

Oil giant China National Petroleum Corporation forms its own international communication center. When there is talk of "telling China’s petroleum story well" (讲好中国石油故事), are we reaching peak absurdity with Xi's global soft power strategy? chinamediaproject.org/2025/07/07/oil…

Visualizing Power in China’s Press: Despite speculation about Xi Jinping’s political troubles, our latest analysis reveals his continued dominance in Chinese state media, overshadowing all known potential rivals. chinamediaproject.org/2025/07/10/vis…

Backyard Furnaces of Propaganda: An international communication initiative in the wealthy southern province of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong, plans to make propaganda resources of local creators as well as foreign expats. chinamediaproject.org/2025/07/15/bac…

Toxic Backlash: The expulsion of a Chinese student for appearing in videos posted online by Ukrainian gamer videos sparks a debate about sexism — and shameless exploitation amid the discussion. chinamediaproject.org/2025/07/22/tox…

The latest activity logged in our database of global media engagement activities by China on Lingua Sinica — a training session for Burmese journalists organized by Yunnan province's international communication center. Read more here, then explore the map: lingua-sinica.org/dispatch/yunna…

After a company boss destroyed a journalist’s camera in China this month, state media sounded off about the “right to report.” But this moral signaling distracts from the systemic violence against journalism that is the real policy of the state. chinamediaproject.org/2025/07/28/sma…

The latest story at Lingua Sinica: The official Guangxi Daily (广西日报) has issued a bidding call for an exchange program with Vietnamese journalists — illustrating how China is using provincial-level media resources to strengthen external propaganda. lingua-sinica.org/guangxi-seeks-…

Following speculation last month Xi Jinping was facing internal challenges to his power, we looked at his performance in front-page headlines of the official People’s Daily. How do things stand now at the close of July? chinamediaproject.org/2025/07/31/xi-…

Misreading the News About Nvidia: Media outlets worldwide reported that China’s official People’s Daily newspaper slammed the chipmaker. But there are important complications to this oversimplified take. chinamediaproject.org/2025/08/05/mis…