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The Play China Didn't Want Strasbourg to See
When China's consulate pressured a theater in France to cancel the Taiwanese production "This Is Not an Embassy," it proved the play's point more…
 • Lingua Sinica, Mark Chiu, and Dalia Parete
Will China's Media Diplomacy Push in Iran Go Up in Smoke?
As war reshapes Iran's information landscape, we look back at how China planned and pushed for a media presence there — and what may now be lost.
 • Lingua Sinica
Is Winter Coming for Taiwan’s Media?
A surprise wave of layoffs at TVBS — one of Taiwan’s most-watched news networks — has deepened concerns about the future of journalism in the country.
 • Lingua Sinica and Mark Chiu
Meet China's One-Person Indie Outlet: New News CN
Beyond the desperation of China's tightening press environment, a solo journalist strives to become a rare, independent voice for the country's digital…
 • Lingua Sinica, 田間 Tian Jian, HsiaoFan Su, and yihsuan
Media in Focus: How Sino United Created a Publishing Monopoly
One company tightly bound to the Chinese state has a stranglehold on publishing and bookselling in Hong Kong and is now making inroads into news media.
 • Lingua Sinica and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
Media in Focus: The Many Faces of the People's Daily
The CCP's flagship media group is now a sprawling content empire — relaying everything from the dictates of the leadership to the latest entertainment…
 • Lingua Sinica and Bertie Lyhne-Gold
Media in Focus: 'Iron Brothers' for the China Story
Launched in Pakistan eight years ago, Huashang Weekly offers an up-close look at how China is telling its story overseas by propping up news outlets…
 • Dalia Parete, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, and David L. Bandurski
Media in Focus: The Dramatic Decline of TVB
Once a cultural icon around Asia and the global Chinese diaspora, Hong Kong’s TVB is known to many today as “CCTVB” — a shadow of PRC state broadcaster…
 • Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
Media in Focus: Good News Finds an Audience in Taiwan
Citizen journalism by unaccredited amateurs is the subject of controversy and crackdowns in China and Hong Kong. But in Taiwan, it's not only permitted…
 • Ryan Ho Kilpatrick and 田間 Tian Jian
Media in Focus: Hong Kong’s Positive Feedback Looop
Founded and run by close allies of former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying, Looop Media’s outlets are the city's least trusted news sites. A decade…
 • Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
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