Lingua Sinica
Lingua Sinica, 田間 Tian Jian, Dalia Parete, Jordyn Haime, David Bandurski, Heng Yu, Zack ChiangNews, analysis, and commentary on Chinese-language media from the PRC and beyond.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 228 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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A “Red Tourism” Push for the Long March
Tourists watch a live performance of “Red Ribbon: The Great Long March” (红飘带·伟大远征) at the Guizhou Long March Culture Digital Art Museum. Photo: Yang Wenbin for Xinhua.
Official Party media coverage of domestic tourism during this year’s we...
“Airing Chinese State Propaganda Does Not Get You Anywhere”
Andras Janos Teleki, researcher at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University
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National Security on China’s Silver Screen, Hong Kong Independent Journalist Detained, and a Cyberattack in Taiwan
Welcome back to Lingua Sinica.
One of the biggest media stories this week was the arrest of independent journalist Tang Ho-wing in Hong Kong, the latest in the government’s crackdown on media and expression under dubious “sedition” charges...
China’s Media Footprint in Vietnam
A street vendor reads newspapers in Hanoi. Image by Ben Tran via Pexels.
This article was originally published in Chinese by our colleagues at Tian Jian (田間) and translated and edited by Jordyn Haime and David Bandurski.
On the evening of...
Scripting the Source
A CCTV News camera operator at work on the roof of the Swedish pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. SOURCE: Tobias Andersson Åkerblom, available at Flickr.com under CC license.
This article was originally published in Chinese by ou...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
News, analysis, and commentary on Chinese-language media from the PRC and beyond.
Tian Jian (田間) is an online publication focusing on global Chinese-language media and journalism dynamic and development.
Researcher at the China Media Project. Editor of Intersections, a monthly bulletin dedicated to coverage of women’s issues and feminism in the Chinese-language media space.
Taiwan-based freelance journalist writing about society, politics, and history; especially interested in where Jewish and Chinese histories overlap.
David has led the China Media Project's research and partnerships since 2017, having joined CMP in Hong Kong in 2004. He is the author of Dragons in Diamond Village (Penguin), and co-editor of Investigative Journalism in China (HKU Press).
Currently chief editor of Tian Jian (田間), CMP’s Chinese-language news magazine of and about global Sinophone media and journalism.
Researcher at the China Media Project. Previously worked as the production coordinator at Ghost Island Media, a podcast network in Taiwan covering Taiwanese affairs, politics, and society.
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