Conversation
10.04.24
Tick Tock for TikTok
Will TikTok succeed in defending itself on First Amendment grounds, or will it be forced to shut down in the U.S.? Or will ByteDance find a creative way out of the problem? What will this case mean for Chinese business interests in the U.S. and the...
Media
11.01.23
ChinaFile Presents: China Reporting in Exile
ChinaFile and The New York Review of Books co-hosted a panel discussion with Chinese journalists working from abroad. Participants included reporter, editor, and digital media entrepreneur Annie Jieping Zhang, New York Times columnist Li Yuan,...
Viewpoint
08.27.20
When China Reporters Can’t Report from China
Shortly after midnight on March 18, a phone call awoke Steven Lee Myers in his Beijing apartment. The call was followed by a flurry of messages: WhatsApp, text, email. Friends and colleagues were asking him questions: What is going on? What does...
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11.15.17U.S. Congress Urged to Require Chinese Journalists to Register as Agents
Reuters
A report to the U.S. Congress released on Wednesday accused Chinese state media entities of involvement in spying and propaganda and said their staff in the United States should be required to register as foreign agents.
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10.26.17Life Is about to Get Even Harder for Foreign Media in China
Diplomat
It is widely known that foreign journalists encounter various strict restrictions when reporting on China — particularly since Chinese President Xi Jinping came into office five years ago. But China just sent another strong message to the “trouble-...
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03.15.17China Is Playing Nice to the Very Media Outlets Trump Has Antagonized
Quartz
U.S. president Donald J. Trump’s antagonism toward major media outlets has created an opportunity for China’s leaders to offer up a contrasting, seemingly more open style—however misleading that is.
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06.13.16China’s Content Crackdown Forces Western Media Concessions
Wall Street Journal
Rules barring foreign media firms from video-streaming licenses are being more strictly enforced.
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05.09.16China Box Office: 'Captain America' Conquers with $96.1-Million Opening Weekend
Los Angeles Times
The movie is likely to pass the 1-billion renminbi ($153-million) mark, said an analyst from film industry consulting firm.
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04.28.16China Passes New Laws on Foreign NGOs amid International Criticism
BBC
Critics say the laws amount to a crackdown, but China has argued that such regulation is long overdue.
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03.16.16At China’s Legislative Meeting, ‘Fake Foreign Media’ Take a Lower Profile
Wall Street Journal
Foreign-looking journalists in media that have links to Chinese state-controlled media were called.