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Press Reviews
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.
10 March 2014
Keywords: terrorism, CPPCC, cybersecurity, Hong Kong press freedom, China-Russia relationship, Chinese economy, anti-corruption CHINA - POLITICS Attack in Kunming A group of unidentified knife-wielding people attacked the Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan province at around 9 pm on last Saturday evening (March 1). Officials said that at least 29 people were killed and more...
READ MORE24 February 2014
Keywords: anti-prostitution, Chinese press freedom, cross-strait meeting, ethnic relations, Hong Kong protest, Chinese film CHINA - POLITICS Strike hard crackdown on prostitution in Dongguan The state news broadcaster ran an exposé last week on the southern city of Dongguan, China’s “sex capital.” Undercover reporters secretly filmed inside hotels and karaoke clubs. The...
READ MORE7 February 2014
Keywords: national security, Xinjiang, activism, Chinese official system, cross-strait relationship, SOE reform, Hong Kong economy China Politics: Details of the new National Security Commission announced The commission will also tackle the financial industry, as is increasingly worried about speculative capital flows that may threaten domestic stability. Xi's vision of the...
READ MORE20 January 2014
Keywords: cultural conservatism, local politics, anti-corruption, great firewall, media censorship, cross-strait relationship CHINA - POLITICS A Red Christmas in China? At Xi’an’s Modern College of Northwest University, authorities have banned Christmas, calling it a “kitsch”(争做华夏优秀儿女，反对媚俗西方洋节) foreign celebration unbefitting of the country’s own traditions, and forced...
READ MORE18 December 2013
Keywords: anti-corruption, media censorship, activism, cybersecurity, demographics, urbanization, CHINA - POLITICS Zhou Yongkang’s probe is alive again, almost official NY Times and Mingjing both quoted sources with elite political ties that President Xi Jinping and other party leaders have authorized a corruption inquiry against the powerful former head of the domestic...
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