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On January 6, hundreds of protesters who had been at a rally of tens of thousands with then-President Donald Trump violently broke into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Two died by violence, and three from medical emergencies. Since then, official Chinese media has been predictable in making false equivalencies between the U.S. incident and the storming of the Legislative Council (LegCo), Hong Kong’s legislature, on July 1, 2019.
Among the Chinese media outlets covering the event was the Global Times (GT). GT is a daily English-language tabloid newspaper under the management of the People’s Daily, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) official Chinese-language mouthpiece. As such, in reading GT’s reporting as well as analysis, tone is as important as content. In the case of GT’s coverage of the January 6 incident, as well as its coverage since, which now includes the inauguration of Joe Biden as the United States’ 46th president, the tone is tinged wi
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Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into Asia affairs. This conversation with Dr. Elisabeth Köll – professor, department chair, and William Payden collegiate chair in the History Department at Notre Dame University and author of numerous publications, including “Railroads and the Transformation of China” (Harvard University Press 2019) – discusses the historical figure of Zhang Jian and his relevance in modern-day Chinese government messaging.
Briefly explain the historical and political symbolism of Zhang Jian.
When President Xi Jinping visited Nantong in November 2020, he praised the entrepreneur Zhang Jian (1853-1926) whose business conglomerate and cultural patronage had dominated the city and regional economy in the early 20th century. Zhang’s fame rests on his entrepreneurial success as the founder of China’s first large-sca
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