Category: Propaganda
Chinese Officials Are Now Trying to Reshape the COVID-19 Narrative: “Coronavirus is Not a China Virus”
Now that the COVID-19 infection rate in China is steadily declining and the government appears to be gaining some measure of control over the outbreak, officials in Beijing are now turning their attention to getting the domestic economy going again and to re-shaping ...
How a Chinese Journalist Covers Africa: A Discussion with CGTN’s Shen Shiwei
China's media influence in Africa is rapidly expanding. Traditional media like CGTN, China Radio International and the China Daily newspaper all have a robust presence on the continent while news content from Xinhua is now increasingly common on African news sites. ...
Chinese State Media Acted Like the Pompeo Visit Never Happened
When the U.S. Secretary of State travels abroad, most independent international news outlets consider it worthy of mention in their daily coverage. But not the Chinese state media. There's not a single news item, not even a brief mention, of Mike Pompeo's visit to Ethiopia on any ...
China’s Growing Media Influence in Africa
The Chinese government is becoming increasingly sophisticated in its use of media in Africa to get its message out to a wide variety of audiences across the continent. The most visible examples of this trend are the growing availability of Beijing's ...
Report: Africa Emerges as a Key Battleground in China’s Global “Propaganda War”
The U.S. government-funded human rights and free speech organization Freedom House published a scathing report Wednesday about China's stepped-up efforts to influence media at home and abroad, particularly in developing regions like Africa. “Beijing has a large toolbox ...
While Skepticism of China’s Global Media Expansion Runs High in the U.S., in Kenya Opinions are More Varied
Kenya is the epicenter of China's media presence in Africa, with Nairobi hosting the regional headquarters of CGTN and an expanded presence by the state-run news service Xinhua. Also, Kenya is one of the largest markets for Chinese-owned private sector media and technology companies like the pay-TV ...
The Voice of America’s China-Africa News Hub
DISCLAIMER: From time to time we'll introduce you to the various state-run propaganda news outlets that various governments around the world operate in the China-Africa space. Just as when we do the same corporate communications, it's important that to re-emphasize that our highlighting of these various official ...
The Growing Number of Ways Chinese Propaganda Filters Into Mainstream African Media
The number of ways that Chinese propaganda filters into mainstream African news coverage appear to be growing. In this case, the website for The Standard newspaper in Kenya published an article last week that appropriately labeled the article as "Sponsored Content" but never ...
China’s Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe’s Weekend Visit to The Zimbabwe Herald Newsroom Highlights Deepening Media Ties in Africa
China's Deputy Ambassador in Harare, Zhao Baogang, stopped by the newsroom of the state-owned newspaper The Herald to meet with Editor Caesar Zvayi. That same day, the newspaper published an editorial that elevated China-Zimbabwe relations from "All-Weather Friends" to "Cast ...
China Appears to be Using African Mass Media to Try and Sway Public Opinion on Xinjiang
China has been very effective in persuading African governments to take its side against U.S. and European-led critics of its policies and well-documented human rights violations in the western province of Xinjiang where hundreds of thousands, even millions of Uighur minorities have been detained. ...
Leading South African Financial Newspaper Gets Called Out for Publishing Chinese Propaganda
On November 4, the South African financial daily Business Day published a 12-page insert "celebrating Mao's revolution" in China. The supplement was labeled an "advertorial," which didn't go down well with some readers who felt it was misleading. In a letter ...
Few Africans Consume China’s Official Media, But Everyone Loves the Content They Get on Chinese Tech Platforms
China has invested millions in building a sizable media presence in Africa with hundreds of staff at CGTN's production hub in Nairobi, stakes in South Africa's Independent Media Group and dozens of Xinhua news agency bureaus across the continent. China thought that if it could build a ...