As Xi Jinping prepares to visit Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit meeting, with visit also to Egypt, Jordyn Haime looks at the concept of "Shanghai Spirit" (上海精神) — its bold claims, and where it might be falling short.
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African journalists, media executives, and government representatives were hosted in Beijing last week. We talked about the diplomatic role of the Seventh China-Africa Media Cooperation Forum, the event’s primary outcome, and the political language that state media used in reporting on the event.
Our in-depth look by Christelle Nguyen at how China is putting pressure on academics and scholarship in Europe. A must-read, based on more than 30 interviews. lingua-sinica.org/the-limits-o...
The Limits of Talking About China in Europe – Lingua Sinica
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AI anchors and AI-generated dramas are growing rapidly in China. But how far can a generative persona go before the illusion is broken? Meet Peach Fang. Check out our latest feature on CMP and LS!
Last week, after Hong Kong’s security chief renewed attacks on the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), a group of pro-government media outlets became force multipliers. Check out our latest feature on our website! lingua-sinica.org/lining-up-th...
Lingua Sinica spoke with Adina Masalbekova, a researcher on China’s engagement with the region, about how Chinese state media have gained a foothold in Kyrgyzstan — and how Russia’s parallel media strategy reinforces many of the same messages. lingua-sinica.org/watching-chi...
(1/3) When China Daily released a video depicting the Philippines as a frightened monkey, shoved onto a stage by giant hands holding US and Japanese flags, Manila protested fiercely, calling it racist and demeaning.
Read more on this piece on The Belief, a “forced-unification blockbuster whose planned debut goes silent, on our CMP and Lingua Sinica websites. Make sure to subscribe to our Substack too! lingua-sinica.org/taiwan-conqu... chinamediaproject.org/2026/07/31/t... open.substack.com/pub/linguasi...
Read more on Hong Kong authorities' collaboration, which has been a common practice in China, with the media on the national security push on our Lingua Sinica Website. Make sure to subscribe to our Substack too! lingua-sinica.org/hong-kongs-s... substack.com/@linguasinic...
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China Daily president and editor-in-chief Qu Yingpu said AI is evolving from a “cognitive tool” to an “action tool.” Read more on our CMP website or Substack: chinamediaproject.org/2026/07/09/t... linguasinica.substack.com/p/the-propag...
The Propaganda Promise of AI - China Media Project
Mandatory year-end accounting reports by Chinese state media treat "external propaganda" as a distinct, measurable pillar of their work. A recent policy piece by the top editor of China Daily lifts th...
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"Many things are silenced before they ever truly enter public discussion." A look at 15 years of tracking LGBT+ media coverage in China, and the steep decline since 2019. linguasinica.substack.com/p/chinas-van...
China’s Vanishing Space for Rainbow Journalism
The longest-running annual survey of LGBT+ representation in China’s media has marked 15 years, but the coverage it was meant to document has become rarer than ever.
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"If you spoke Mongolian on the bus, people called it 'bird language.' You did not belong to mainstream society." Full interview with Soyonbo Borjgin on erasure, resistance, and what changed in the media space in Southern Mongolia (Inner Mongolia). lingua-sinica.org/erasure-and-...
Erasure and Resistance in Southern Mongolia – Lingua Sinica
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Our latest newsletter is out on the Lingua Sinica Substack. | Reading Xi's Pyongyang Visit (with Havel), China's hashtag #MeToo Voice Silenced (again), and Taiwan's Structural Media Challenges and much more! linguasinica.substack.com/p/reading-xi...
Reading Xi's Pyongyang Visit (with Havel), China's #MeToo Voice Silenced (again), and Taiwan's Structural Media Challenges
These stories and more, including animal rights protests in Chongqing ahead of what officials hoped would be a marquee global media event.
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As China’s top leader arrived in North Korea for his first visit since 2019, there was very little to read in the Party-run press—but much more to be unpacked. chinamediaproject.org/2026/06/11/i...
In Pyongyang, Ceremonies of Friendship - China Media Project
As China's top leader arrived in North Korea for his first visit since 2019, there was very little to read in the Party-run press — but much more to be unpacked.
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In Chongqing this week, police clashed with animal rights protesters while state media lit up the sky for an international media forum hosted by the country’s largest state-run media conglomerate. chinamediaproject.org/2026/06/10/p...
Pageantry, and Protests, Ahead of AI Media Event - China Media Project
In Chongqing this week, police clashed with animal rights protesters while state media lit up the sky for an international media forum hosted by the country's largest state-run media conglomerate.
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When China’s flagship official newspaper introduces a dating app and starts hosting singles mixers for troops and government workers, you know the demographic issue has entered a new phase.
Swipe Right for the Motherland - Lingua Sinica
When China's flagship official newspaper introduces a dating app and starts hosting singles mixers for troops and government workers, you know the demographic issue has entered a new phase.
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All Chinese live today with the information legacy of Tiananmen. We look back at the brief moment before the crackdown when China's press stood with those demanding change. linguasinica.substack.com/p/how-a-mass...
How a Massacre Shaped China’s Media
All Chinese live today with the information legacy of Tiananmen. We look back at the brief moment before the crackdown when China's press stood with those demanding change.
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At Lingua Sinica, @daliaparete.bsky.social interviews Emeka Umejei about his new book on PRC media partnerships in Africa and the training programs that China conducts for local journalists, enlarging its footprint and taking over space abandoned by Western media organizations.
We Thought We Were Going to Learn About Journalism - Lingua Sinica
African journalists flock to Chinese training programs expecting to learn their craft. What they get instead is sightseeing, subtle pressure — and a debt of gratitude, says author Emeka Umejei.
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Germany is often held up as a model press freedom environment in Europe. But its Chinese-language media landscape tells a more complicated story — one shaped by economic ties, diaspora politics, and a growing PRC presence. Read our latest country profile: lingua-sinica.org/country-prof...
Germany - Lingua Sinica
Germany ranks among the world's stronger press freedom environments, and its Chinese-language media landscape reflects that openness, encompassing newspapers with documented ties to party-state entiti...
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Hong Kong's leading press union faces a coordinated online assault after its chairperson exposes a government tax campaign targeting independent journalists. lingua-sinica.org/trolls-targe...
Trolls Target Hong Kong Press Association Chair - Lingua Sinica
The territory's leading press union faces a coordinated online assault after its chairperson exposes a government tax campaign targeting independent journalists.
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Taiwan’s public broadcaster is caught in a political double bind: its sitting board chair has been expelled from parliament, and the opposition is blocking a replacement.
An Empty Chair for PTS - Lingua Sinica
Taiwan's public broadcaster is caught in a political double bind: its sitting board chair has been expelled from parliament, and the opposition is blocking a replacement.
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Today's People's Daily is a masterclass in what China's state media doesn't say. Trump's Beijing visit, the biggest diplomatic event in years, doesn't even make page one. When stakes are highest, the CCP's "mouth and throat" speak most carefully.
Careful Words on the Trump-Xi Summit - China Media Project
As Donald Trump sits down with China's top leader, the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper offers a muted masterclass in calibrated messaging.
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As Greece deepens its ties with China, from Piraeus port to Belt and Road, expert Plamen TOnchev sits down with Lingua Sinica to examine how content deals, diaspora outlets, and polished influencers are quietly shaping the country's information landscape. lingua-sinica.org/borrowing-bo...
Borrowing Boats in Greece - Lingua Sinica
From content-sharing deals with major broadcasters to diaspora media linked to the PRC party-state, China has built a layered media presence in Greece that exploits a fragmented landscape weakened by ...
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As Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez makes his fourth visit to Beijing in four years, scholar Shiany Pérez-Cheng, sitting down with Lingua Sinica, examines how media partnerships and China-affiliated groups have shaped the country's information. lingua-sinica.org/an-open-door...
An Open Door for China's Media in Spain - Lingua Sinica
As Spain's prime minister wraps up his fourth visit to Beijing in just over three years, Lingua Sinica sits down with Shiany Pérez-Cheng to examine another side of the relationship — how media partner...
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One of Taiwan's top newspapers published a political story fabricated by a chatbot — and then pushed responsibility squarely onto the reporter, raising further questions about accountability.
Taking Liberties with AI
One of Taiwan's top newspapers published a political story fabricated by a chatbot — and then pushed responsibility squarely onto the reporter, raising further questions about accountability.
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Hong Kong photojournalist Tyrone Siu has won a regional World Press Photo award for an image capturing a man’s final moments of contact with his wife, who would perish in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades.
A Cry Memorialized - Lingua Sinica
Hong Kong photojournalist Tyrone Siu has won a regional World Press Photo award for an image capturing a man's final moments of contact with his wife, who would perish in Hong Kong's deadliest fire in...
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At a media forum in Zhengzhou last weekend, foreign influencers praised China's "authenticity," while AI was celebrated as the ultimate tool for producing "positive energy." No hand-wringing about trust or ethics here. Just propaganda, supercharged. linguasinica.substack.com/p/ai-for-hum...
AI for Human Propaganda
While journalists around the world grapple with the existential impact of AI, China’s closed and repressive media system sees it only as a production boon.
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