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Beijing propaganda chief hatches plan to combat age of internet news

http://www.timesonline.co.uk

China’s propaganda mandarins are experimenting with a new policy to manage their message in the age of the internet: reporting the news as it happens. This marks an important shift for the ruling Communist Party, accustomed to deciding what will be reported and when. However, far from being a move towards freedom of the press the aim is control of the information available to China’s 1.3 billion people.

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32 weeks 5 hours 2 min 10 sec ago

Very interesting article. For those interested in these issues of media policy and propaganda, they are widely treated and with deep insight on the China Media Project blog (http://cmp.hku.hk/).