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News on the Chinese Media

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Born in the USA

TikTok poaches Disney’s streaming boss
May 29, 2020 (WiC 497)

Content posted on TikTok, the smash-hit short-video platform from China, doesn’t last more than 15 seconds. Kevin Mayer, who is taking over as its new boss next week, will be hoping for a longer stay. The rewards could be tremendous for the ...

Spiking the cannon

How China’s censors have silenced an outspoken property tycoon
Apr 17, 2020 (WiC 491)

Following the launch of popular social media apps such as Sina Weibo and WeChat in 2010, a new breed of opinion leaders picked up a following in China. Known locally as gongzhi – literally, ‘public intellectuals’ – these ...

A short history of the ‘sick man of Asia’ slur
Feb 28, 2020 (WiC 484)

In an article published in 2008, Reuters described the Beijing Olympics as “a cure for the sick man of Asia”. The news agency went on to explain how success in international sport would help China to leave behind its “century of ...

Full stream ahead

A stake in Universal Music means more muscle for Tencent’s music apps
Jan 10, 2020 (WiC 478)

New Year’s Eve is typically a time for fireworks and musical celebration. But for Tencent executives, the end of 2019 was the moment to close a deal that saw it grab a piece of one of the world’s largest music labels. Despite rumblings ...

A struggle to convince

Nasdaq-listed 36Kr looks for ways to prove that news still makes money
Nov 29, 2019 (WiC 476)

Shenzhen-based Ping An Insurance is a sprawling conglomerate. So when an advertisement from its media subsidiary Baobo Information said it was going to hire 180 financial journalists, people took note. By adopting the tradename Ping An Toutiao, ...

Tencent uses ‘the force’

China Literature inks deal with Disney for new online Star Wars novels
Nov 1, 2019 (WiC 472)

One of the most popular TV series in China this summer was The King’s Avatar, which was shown on the video streaming platform iQiyi. Based on an online novel of the same name – Quanzhi Gaoshou – the 40 episodes tell the ...

Tencent’s key division makes swift recovery
Aug 23, 2019 (WiC 463)

More than half of Chinese children and teenagers struggle with nearsightedness, Xinhua declared last year. This problem, it added, relates to the amount of time spent playing video games. “The vision health of our country’s young people has ...

Pulling their ads

Firms taking sides in Hong Kong protests pay the price across the border
Jul 19, 2019 (WiC 460)

For six consecutive weeks, Hong Kong protesters have taken to the streets to demand the “full withdrawal” of the controversial extradition bill (see WiC457) in spite of the government saying the legislation is “dead”. Last Sunday was no ...

Fox’s Regan and CCTV’s Liu go head-to-head
Jun 7, 2019 (WiC 455)

Many journalists will admit that covering the Sino-US trade war can be dull. Progress is slow and information is scarce. Which is why a recent on-air debate between two anchors from Fox Business and CGTN (the international arm of state ...

Box office wonder

Another hit for the studio behind some of China most successful movies
Mar 1, 2019 (WiC 442)

‘Rags to Riches’ and ‘Voyage and Return’ are two of the commonest plots in the movie industry. There is a well-trodden plot for Chinese investors when a movie does well at the local box office too. Find out who is behind it – and if a ...

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