Campaigners hail “long-awaited victory for press freedoms” as Wall Street Journal and Australia media ditch their partnerships with Chinese State media

The Wall Street Journal and numerous Australian media outlets have caved to pressure from campaigners to severe ties with the Chinese state propaganda outlet, China Daily. The campaign was launched in 2020 to press multiple outlets to cancel their lucrative deals.

News of the Wall Street Journal’s dumping of China propaganda follows numerous other media outlets including The Economist, The New York Times, and The Daily Telegraph.

Attention continues to grow on other media outlets including The LA Times, Foreign Policy Magazine, Financial Times, Time Magazine, The Globe and Mail, and Handelsblatt

Nine Entertainment newspapers quit carrying China Watch supplement

Nine Entertainment has quietly dropped an arrangement with China Daily to carry an eight-page Communist party newspaper each month in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review.

Source: Guardian

Daily Telegraph stops publishing section paid for by China

The Daily Telegraph has stopped publishing paid-for propaganda on behalf of Chinese state media, amid growing scrutiny of how Beijing is using the pandemic to grow its influence in English-language media aimed at western audiences.

Source: The Guardian

Inside China’s audacious global propaganda campaign

Beijing is buying up media outlets and training scores of foreign journalists to ‘tell China’s story well’ – as part of a worldwide propaganda campaign of astonishing scope and ambition.

Source: The Guardian

“Wherever the readers are, wherever the viewers are, that is where propaganda reports must extend their tentacles.” — Xi Jinping, February 2016

Source: Freedom House

Chinese state TV broke Ofcom rules with biased Hong Kong coverage

China’s state television channel repeatedly breached British broadcasting rules with biased coverage of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, according to a decision by the media regulator that could set up a diplomatic clash between the two countries.

Source: The Guardian

A British Newspaper Has Given Chinese Coronavirus Propaganda A Direct Line To The UK

During the pandemic, the Daily Telegraph continues to sell space to China to push the party line.

Source: Buzzfeed News

China is reshaping the global news landscape and weakening the Fourth Estate

Beijing’s involvement in media overseas is growing almost faster than it can be tracked – the ultimate aim is both ideological and geopolitical.

Source: The Guardian

China’s Foreign Propaganda Machine

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has long suffered from a poor international image and weak “soft power.” The country’s negative image has hindered international acceptance of its rise as a global great power. Because the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants China to “gain face” (yao mianzi) in the international arena, it has in recent years invested heavily in boosting the country’s international approval rating.

Source: Wilson Centre