China: Two newspapers taken over by Propaganda Bureau

05 Sep 2011

Two outspoken Beijing newspapers, the Beijing Times and the Beijing News, have been brought under the direct authority of the Beijing Propaganda Department. Previously, the papers were overseen by state-level propaganda authorities. Some reporters claim the move, which was announced to newspaper staff on Friday, is part of a wider struggle over control of the media in China. There is also the fear that the move may restrict reporters’ abilities to cover events in the Chinese capital and sensitive news from other areas.

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  1. Lewis Cannon

    September 5, 2011 at 17:38

    That China censors the internet and the news in general is well-known. How it goes about it isn’t. Or at least it wasn’t until Mark Newham went to the heart of the Chinese propaganda machine to find out and report back in his hugely illuminating and highly entertaining book ‘Limp Pigs and the Five-Ring Circus’. Strongly recommended reading for anyone seeking the inside story on the lengths to which China will go to manipulate the news to its own advantage.

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