China Ink

Welcome to the seventies

What were the main themes as China celebrated its 70th National Day?
Oct 4, 2019 (WiC 469)

The Communist Party of China (CPC) loves the political ritualism in military parades. And messages were definitely not going to go amiss this week as the Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with its largest ever military cavalcade in ...

Macroleon complex

French President Emmanuel Macron has shown a keen interest in symbolism and grand gestures. How did the media decode the…
Jan 19, 2018 (WiC 394)

Did his ‘horse diplomacy’ work? Foreign press: It is the first time France has offered as gift one of the elite cavalry horses of the French Republican Guard, Reuters reports, and it was given because President Xi Jinping ...

The new Trump trade

After Xi summit in Florida Trump backs away from key currency claim – as North Korea becomes his negotiating priority
Apr 21, 2017 (WiC 362)

Manipulators no more? Foreign press: “They're not currency manipulators” the American president told The Wall Street Journal last week, acknowledging that the Chinese hadn’t been getting an unfair advantage by driving ...

Sworn enemies

China’s top legislature passed a ruling that barred two pro-independence politicians from taking office in Hong Kong this week
Nov 11, 2016 (WiC 345)

What happened? Chinese press: The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress voted unanimously to interpret an article in the Basic Law requiring senior government officials – including lawmakers and judges – ...

The Hague verdict

A victory for Manila is greeted with anger in Beijing, which vows to ignore the ruling
Jul 15, 2016 (WiC 333)

How did the court rule in the South China Sea arbitration case and why does it matter? Chinese press: Beijing refused to participate in the arbitration, and it has shown contempt for the ruling, which favoured the Philippines ...

Royal appointment

How did the media respond to the Duke of Cambridge's four-day trip to China?
Mar 13, 2015 (WiC 273)

A successful visit? The state press covered William’s meeting with Xi Jinping, and said that he had passed on a personal invitation to the Chinese president to visit his grandmother Queen Elizabeth in London. Xinhua ...

What will he do?

Hong Kong’s CY Leung faces a crisis
Oct 3, 2014 (WiC 255)

The reaction to the use of tear gas on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters? The state media is deeply displeased at the scenes in Hong Kong. “Photos of Hong Kong police being forced to disperse demonstrators with tear gas ...

Locke out

Gary Locke, the American ambassador to China, is to leave the post next year to return to the United States
Nov 29, 2013 (WiC 218)

Why is he leaving? The Beijing News doubted that Locke was leaving for purely family reasons, saying it was more likely that he was moving to boost his career prospects. Diao Daming, a professor from the Chinese Academy of ...

Change in the air?

Last week, a thick smog blanketed a large part of northeastern China once again
Nov 1, 2013 (WiC 214)

Has China done enough to reduce air pollution? Obviously not, said most of the Chinese media. The Southern Metropolis Daily warned that air pollution has become a “key source of social discontent”, although Wang Jinnan, ...

Is trade war now inevitable?

Talk of a trade war grows as the row over EU tariffs on Chinese solar products rolls on
Jun 7, 2013 (WiC 196)

Trade war pending? Western media focused on comments made by China’s deputy commerce minister Zhong Shan that there would be retaliation if the EU proceeded with plans to levy tariffs on imports of Chinese solar ...

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