Hanging a Banner for Chinese AI
Yesterday’s edition of the Chinese Communist Party's official People's Daily made a bold visual claim to leadership on artificial intelligence at home and abroad.
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The Problem With Peach
AI anchors and AI-generated dramas are growing rapidly in China. But how far can a generative persona go before the illusion is broken? Meet Peach Fang.
Lining Up the Pro-Beijing Press
Last week, Hong Kong’s security chief renewed attacks on the territory’s independent journalists’ union. The move was aided by coverage from pro-government media outlets.
You Watch But Don’t Absorb
As independent journalists face mounting pressure in Kyrgyzstan, Chinese state media have quietly built influence over two decades. Adina Masalbekova tells Lingua Sinica how it happened.
Taiwan Conquest Film Shelved
A Chinese blockbuster dramatizing the 17th-century Qing conquest of Taiwan has been abruptly postponed. Why are China’s authorities so uneasy about a film that was meant to celebrate “unification”?
Hong Kong’s Securitized Media Culture
A weekly TV series made by Hong Kong's security bureau, recasting political prosecutions as morality tales, reveals a troubling convergence of media and political power in the city.
The Risks and Rewards of Chinese AI
PRC state media give a friendly wink to an op-ed urging Europe to embrace cheap, powerful Chinese AI. As US models get pricier, will the dangers of China's models get the scrutiny they deserve?
The Propaganda Promise of AI
The top editor of the government-run China Daily says AI is now an "action tool" for propaganda, not just analysis, citing rapid-response videos and new state media partnerships.
After Impact: The Bizarre Silence Behind the Beijing Plane Crash
This story and more, including the censoring of a rare corruption investigation in China, and the closure of a student magazine in Hong Kong.
China’s Vanishing Space for Rainbow Journalism
The longest-running annual survey of LGBT+ representation in China’s media has marked 15 years, but the coverage it was meant to document has become rarer than ever.