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Media in China is strictly controlled and censored by the CCP, [1] with the main agency that oversees the nation's media being the Central Propaganda Department of the CCP. [2] [3] The largest media organizations, including the China Media Group, the People's Daily, and the Xinhua News Agency, are all controlled by the CCP.
During the 2022 COVID-19 protests in China, the CAC directed companies such as Tencent and ByteDance to intensify their censorship efforts. [59] After 15 December 2022, the Regulations on the Administration of Internet Followers' Commenting Services came into force, which for the first time considered "likes" as a type of comment.
The 2020 World Press Freedom Index states that China is trying to establish a “new world media order” and maintain a system of information hyper-control, which the report says had negative effects for the entire world during the coronavirus public health crisis. [4]
In October 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases reported: "While the world is struggling to control COVID-19, China has managed to control the pandemic rapidly and effectively." [ 3 ] The Chinese government has been criticized for censorship , which observers have attributed to a culture of institutional censorship affecting the country's press ...
The government of China accused The Wall Street Journal of failing to apologize for publishing articles criticizing China's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and failing to "investigate and deal with those responsible". [120]
A series of protests against COVID-19 lockdowns began in mainland China in November 2022. [6] [4] [7] [8] [9] Colloquially referred to as the White Paper Protests (Chinese: 白纸抗议; pinyin: Bái zhǐ kàngyì) or the A4 Revolution (Chinese: 白纸革命; pinyin: Bái zhǐ gémìng), [10] [11] the demonstrations started in response to measures taken by the Chinese government to prevent the ...
China just unveiled a stimulus package to pull itself out of its economic doldrums. But there could be consequences that ripple across the globe. What China's biggest stimulus since the pandemic ...
Amnesty International reports that the Chinese government has censored numerous articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Nicholas Bequelin, Regional Director at Amnesty International has criticized that "the Chinese authorities risk withholding information that could help the medical community tackle the coronavirus and help people ...