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Tuo Zhen
Tuo Zhen ( zh, s=庹震, p=Tuǒ Zhèn; born 9 September 1959) is a Chinese journalist and politician, serving the Chief Editor and President of the People's Daily Press, the official mouthpiece of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party since April 2018. From July 2015 to March 2018 he as the deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Tuo is the former provincial propaganda chief of Guangdong, during which he was widely known for his involvement in the 2013 ''Southern Weekly'' incident. He has also served as the vice-president of the state-run Xinhua News Agency. Biography Tuo Zhen was born in Fangcheng County, Henan province, in 1959. His family name is extremely rare. In 1978, Tuo Zhen was admitted to Wuhan University, majoring in political economics. After graduating from university in 1982, he was assigned to work as an editor for the '' Economic Daily''. In 2005, he was promoted to chief editor. In 2011, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Daily Press
The People's Daily Press is a publishing house directly under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party that publishes ''People's Daily'' and its associated publications such as ''Global Times''. History After the battle of Beijing in 1949, the People’s Daily Press took over the office of the North China Daily News at No. 117 (now No. 277) Wangfujing Street. In 2009, with the approval of the CCP Central Committee, the People's Daily Press carried out organizational and functional adjustments and reforms. Later, it made partial adjustments based on development needs and implemented the "director-in-charge system under the leadership of the editorial committee". Its basic structure is composed of 23 internal institutions, 1 affiliated public institution, 72 dispatched institutions, 30 affiliated newspapers and periodicals, and several affiliated enterprises. Organizational structure The People's Daily Press has the following internal structure: Internal organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Southern Weekly Incident
The 2013 ''Southern Weekly'' incident was a conflict which arose over government censorship of a "New Year's Greeting" published in the Chinese newspaper ''Southern Weekly''. Guangdong, Guangdong Province's Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Propaganda Department bypassed standard censorship protocols by changing the headline and content of the New Year's message without first informing ''Southern Weekly'' editors. In protest, newsroom staff posted online criticisms of the state of Censorship in China, free expression in China and went on a four-day strike. The incident also sparked public demonstrations against Freedom of the press, press censorship which took place outside ''Southern Weekly's'' headquarters in Guangzhou, China. As a result of the incident and the accompanying demonstrations, keywords such as "''Southern Weekly''," "January 7 protest," and "open letter" have become sensitive topics blocked by the Chinese firewall#Technical implementation, Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Sizhi
Zhang Sizhi (; 12 November 1927 – 24 June 2022) was an active rights lawyer in China, and a professor at Central University of Finance and Economics. He was known as "The lawyer's conscience". Biography Zhang was born as the eldest of 10 children to Zhang Jingtang and Meng Yanrong on 12 November 1927 in Zhengzhou. His father was a doctor who practiced Chinese traditional medicine. In 1944, at the age of 16, he joined the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Three years later, he was admitted to Chaoyang university. After graduating from university, he became a judge. In 1950, he graduated from the People's University of China. During the Anti-Rightist Movement, he was divided into right, was sentenced to 15 years in a village. In 1972, he was free to act as a teacher. In July 1979, Zhang returned as a lawyer and participated in the trials of "Lin Biao Anti-Revolutionary Group Case" and "Jiang Qing Anti-Revolutionary Group Case", commonly known as the "Two Cases", serving as def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Chengpeng
Li Chengpeng () (born September 22, 1968) is a prominent writer and social critic in the People's Republic of China. Well known in China for his reportage and social commentary—Li's Sina Weibo blog had nearly six million followers — (it is offline now) Li made international headlines in 2011 when he announced that he would seek political office as an independent candidate in his hometown of Chengdu, Sichuan province. While not technically illegal, the decision represented a rare and bold move in a country where candidates for political office are appointed by the Chinese Communist Party.David Cohen and Peter Martin"Who is Li Chengpeng?" ''The Diplomat'', 9 June 2011. Career Li, nicknamed "Li Da Yan" ("big-eyed Li"), began his career as a journalist and first rose to prominence for covering on corruption within China's professional soccer establishment. Li later coauthored a book on the subject, ''Chinese Soccer: The Inside Story'', which documented allegations of pervasive m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Yushi
Mao Yushi (; born 14 January 1929) is a Chinese economist. Mao graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1950 and was labeled a 'rightist' in 1958. In 1986, Mao was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, and in 1990, Mao was a senior lecturer at Queensland University. Career He co-founded the Unirule Institute of Economics, which educated new and old generations of Chinese on the importance of private property, freedom of choice, voluntary exchange, rule of law, and other aspects of the free market economy, teaching how to transition away from central planning. On 4 May 2012, Mao Yushi was awarded the Cato Institute's Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty for his work in classical liberalism and free-market economics. In October 2014, Beijing began a "crackdown on dissent" by banning the publication of his works. In January 2017, they also shut down his website. Criticism of Mao Zedong Mao Yushi wrote an online column criticizing the communist and totalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South China Morning Post
The ''South China Morning Post'' (''SCMP''), with its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Morning Post'', is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule. Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam succeeded Wang Xiangwei in 2016. The ''SCMP'' prints paper editions in Hong Kong and operates an online news website that is blocked in mainland China. The newspaper's circulation has been relatively stable for years—the average daily circulation stood at 100,000 in 2016. In a 2019 survey by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the ''SCMP'' was regarded relatively as the most credible paid newspaper in Hong Kong. The ''SCMP'' was owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation from 1986 until it was acquired by Malaysian real estate tycoon Robert Kuok in 1993. On 5 April 2016, Alibaba Group acquired the media properties of the SCMP Group, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Weekly
''Southern Weekly'' () is a Chinese weekly newspaper based in Guangzhou, and is a sister publication of the newspaper '' Nanfang Daily''. From the 1990s to the early 2010s, the newspaper was renowned for its investigative journalism, liberal stance, and influence among intellectual readers. ''The New York Times'' described the ''Southern Weekly'' as "China's most influential liberal newspaper". After the 2013 Southern Weekly incident, the newspaper and the market-oriented media it represented began to decline in China. History and profile ''Southern Weekly'', founded in 1984, has its head office in Guangzhou, with news bureaus in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. The paper is published by the Nanfang Daily Group under the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is printed simultaneously in many Chinese cities, and distributed across mainland China. ''Southern Weekly'' currently operates upon 8 key sections: News, Defense, Current Political Situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Communist Party Provincial Standing Committee
Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In theory, the Standing Committee of a Party Committee manages the day-to-day party affairs of a provincial party organization, and are selected from the members of the provincial-level Party Committee at large. In practice, ''Shengwei Changwei'' is a position with significant political power, and their appointments are essentially directed by the central leadership through the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Terminology * ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), technically, only refer to Standing Committee members of a province. Standing Committee members of the four direct-controlled municipalities are known as ''Shiwei Changwei'' (). Standing Committee members of the autonomous regions are known as ''Zizhiqu Dangwei Changwei' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economic Daily
The ''Economic Daily'' () is a Chinese state-owned newspaper focusing on economic reports. Founded in Beijing on January 1, 1983, the newspaper is managed by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. The ''Economic Daily'' is pro-business, and the tone is conservative. History The newspaper was first published on 1 January 1983. In 1984, Deng Xiaoping wrote an inscription for the ''Economic Daily''. In March 2018, ''Economic Daily'' won the Third National Top 100 Newspapers in China. In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated the ''Economic Daily'' as a foreign mission of China. Hoax On January 28, 1993, ''Economic Daily'' published an article entitled ''Can Water Really Become Gasoline? —— A Record of Private Entrepreneur Wang Hongcheng and His Invention'' (水真能变成油吗?——记民营企业家王洪成与他的发明). The article, written by ''Economic Daily'' reporters Wu Hongbo (吴红博) and Liu Dongh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Economics
Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Widely-studied phenomena within the discipline are systems such as labour and international markets, as well as phenomena such as growth, distribution, inequality, and trade, and how these are shaped by institutions, laws, and government policy. Originating in the 18th century, it is the precursor to the modern discipline of economics. Political economy in its modern form is considered an interdisciplinary field, drawing on theory from both political science and modern economics. Political economy originated within 16th century western moral philosophy, with theoretical works exploring the administration of states' wealth; ''political'' signifying the Greek word ''polity'' and ''economy'' signifying the Greek word ; household management. The earlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henan
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luoyang, Anyang, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, are in Henan. While the province's name means 'south of the river', approximately a quarter of the province lies north of the Yellow River. With an area of , Henan covers a large part of the fertile and densely populated North China Plain. Its neighboring provinces are Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, and Hubei. Henan is China's third-most populous province and the most populous among inland provinces, with a population of over 99 million as of 2020. It is also the world's seventh-most populous administrative division; if it were a country by itself, Henan would be the 17th-most populous in the world, behind Egypt and Vietnam. People from Henan often suffer from regional discrimination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
