Xinhua Infiltrates Western Electronic Media, Part One: Online “Advertorial” Content
Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 7
April 12, 2021 01:00 PM
Age: 3 hours
Image: A screenshot of the China Watch advertorial webpage hosted by Foreign Policy magazine
(April 29, 2020) (Source: Foreign Policy).
Introduction
For many years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s state propaganda apparatus has sought to expand its influence among foreign audiences as part of a broader effort to achieve greater “discourse power” (话语权,
huayuquan) for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) internationally (CACR, December 15, 2020). One component of this effort has been the practice of “borrowing foreign newspapers” (借用海外报刊,
jieyong haiwai baokan) to promote Beijing’s preferred messages a practice pursued both through the cultivation of foreign reporters and media figures, as well as through the direct purchase of “advertorial” inserts in influential i
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Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on China
80th pre-session
Attacks on women’s rights activists including in the context of the #MeToo movement (Articles 1, 2, 3, and 7)
Two years after the #MeToo movement took off in China, Chinese women’s rights activists face a political environment in which the Chinese Communist Party’s control over the internet, media, and independent activism is tighter than the previous 30 years.[1] Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests. But individuals who have suffered abuse have taken their cases to court, demonstrating extraordinary determination and resilience.
Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Nominees List Stacey Abrams, Jared Kushner Among Those Nominated
On 2/4/21 at 7:55 AM EST
Only 107 individuals and 24 organization can claim to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Plenty more are in the running for the 2021 award, but only one will be named winner.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee (NNC), a five member panel that decides who wins, does not comment on nominations. However some choose to reveal their picks.
Nominations for 2021 s award have been trickling out ahead of last Sunday s deadline, while more names were revealed in a survey of Norwegian lawmakers by Reuters.
The bar for nominations is relatively low. They re accepted from lawmakers, ex-winners, heads of state and university chancellors, among others. That has allowed dictators Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin to be among past nominees.
11 Hong Kongers Arrested for Allegedly Aiding Hong Kong 12 Escape
Posted by John Chan | Jan 14, 2021
The arrests came a week after a massive sweep by national security police that saw 53 people arrested for “subversion”, including every pro-democracy primary candidate for the postponed 2020 Legislative Council election.
Hong Kong Free Press
Among those rounded up was District Councillor Daniel Wong Kwok-tung. Officers arrived at his house at 6:10 am in the morning, according to his Facebook page. Wong is a lawyer and also the founder of Aegis, a pro-democracy restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, known to employ Hongkongers.
The mother of documentary filmmaker Willis Ho was also arrested Monday morning at 6:15 am and taken to Tsuen Wan police station, according to her Facebook page. The arrest was made in relation to the case of the 12 Hong Kong fugitives, Ho’s statement read.