Press Reviews

From 2007 to 2018, and in 2021, the CEFC Research Assistants produced a regular review of the press covering news in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
The news clippings below were collected from both Chinese and English newspapers and now constitute a useful and original resource for researchers.
Authors:
Wing Yin Lam:
March 2009 – December 2009
Tang Xuemei:
December 2009 – February 2012
Karita Kan:
February 2012 – July 2013
Samson Yuen:
July 2013 – August 2015
Anthony Li:
August 2015 – August 2017
Ting Fai Yu:
September 2017 – April 2018
Lin Zhuyun:
September 2021 –

23 September 2014

Keywords: censorship, antitrust, corruption, democracy, India, Hong Kong. CHINA - MEDIA 1. Foreign journalists see reporting conditions decline The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China released a paper on the deteriorating reporting conditions that face foreign journalists working in China, citing that 80% of those surveyed thought that their work conditions had worsened or...

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8 September 2014

KEYWORDS: anti-craft campaign, SOEs, socialist democracy, Hong Kong political reform, Occupy Central.CHINA - POLITICS1. Mid-autumn anti-graft campaignChina vows to strengthen supervision on discipline violations during holidays. Xinhua Minister of Supervision Huang Shuxian has warned they will publicize the names of officials who violate the central authorities’ thrifty...

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26 August 2014

KEYWORDS: anti-drug campaign, anti-corruption campaign, media, Hong Kong politics, Macao poll.CHINA - POLITICS1. Anti-drug campaignHong Kong celebrity Jaycee Chan, Jackie Chan’s son, who goes by the name Fang Zuming, was arrested for drug-related charges along with Taiwan star Ko Chen-tung. Ko made a tearful confession on CCTV that he had used drugs, but Chan was spared a TV...

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13 August 2014

KEYWORDS: Deng Xiaoping, Naked Officials, Instant Messaging, Anti-trust Investigations, Political Reform in Hong Kong.CHINA - POLITICS1. Deng Xiaoping TV series premiereCCTV is airing a dramatization of Deng Xiaoping’s political career from 1976 to 1984. The 48-episode TV series, called Deng Xiaoping at History’s Crossroads (历史转折中的邓小平), was made in commemoration of the Deng’s...

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4 August 2014

KEYWORDS: Zhou Yongkang, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang, Terrorism, Hukou Reform, freedom of the press in Hong Kong, Occupy Central.CHINA - POLITICS1. Investigation of Zhou Yongkang announcedOn 29 July, Xinhua announces the long-anticipated investigation of China’s former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang: “The investigation of Zhou, a former Standing Committee member of the...

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