Making Sense of China's Media
Yes, it is the but… part that has caught your attention. The official Xinhua News Agency recently published an interview (in Chinese) with Chinese Culture Minister Luo Shugang on 13 July 2015 talking about...
The State (National) Administration for Press, Publishing, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT) has announced that it is organising a nationwide promotion for books that “showcase outstanding Chinese culture. It also hopes people will be...
Chinese President Xi Jinping signed Presidential Decree No. 29 into effect today (01 July 2015), which instantly puts China’s new National Security Law into force. The new law is vital and mentions media and...
The Chinese State (National) Administration of Press, Publishing, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) has recently issued a new circular, whereby it reinforced the rules that “official” TV presenters must be licensed, and in effect...
Long resented but grudgingly (or not!… to some) accepted as “the norm” in the Chinese media industry, “hidden rules” have defined who goes on which show, what programmes are commissioned, what equipment becomes part...
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