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CCTV has come out today to say a Tweet sent from its account yesterday was done illegally. The Tweet drew substantial attention because it announced that Zhou Yongkang, former PSB czar and Politburo Standing Committee member, was under investigation. Not... read more »
I don’t consider myself a China expert by any means, but I do feel like I’ve been around long enough to begin seeing some trends. One is the “story of the day’, which comes around every 20-45 days or so and galvanizes... read more »
The Asian American Journalists Association organized a roundtable at the Foreign Correspondents Club tonight on self-censorship in Hong Kong, an issue which is prescient in light of the recent Chief Executive election, national education protests,... read more »
The venerable Hong Kong English daily South China Morning Post has found itself at the center of a storm over the past few days after an email exchange between Mainland-born editor Wang Xiangwei and senior sub-editor Alex Price was made public. Asia... read more »
I’ve been closely following the developments regarding CCTV Dialogue host Yang Rui, not least because I was a former editor at CCTV 9 and frequently bumped into Yang while I was in the building. I say “bumped into” because... read more »
Hu Jintao sits down for chat in Guo Chunping's (right) 77 kuai apartment. Regular readers of this blog will know I toiled in the bowels of China’s state-run media machine for a few years, so know all about the silly, paranoid behaviour... read more »
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Last week as the earthquake struck Sichuan county we all watched and listened as the news was constantly updated. A friend of mine arrived in the area two days after the quake struck and kept a diary of their day-to-day actions – what... read more »
Ok so I realise that I’ve not contributed to ZNH for a little while (there’s a variety of reasons for this – but I’ll not bore you) and every now and again something passes my desk, or is whispered in my ear that is too... read more »
Courtesy of Danwei, Beijing-based band Defy sings about their dislike of state-run China Central Television. Here is a sample of the lyrics: I don’t watch CCTV I don’t watch this fucking channel… … Ai, I don’t... read more »
Come tomorrow we’re going to be inundated with all things Olympics here in China yet again. Big celebrations are being set up here in the capital and in other parts of this country as well to mark the 100 day countdown to the Games. ... read more »