Propaganda in the People'S Republic of China

Xinhua's Twitter account creates uproar on Weibo

11 Dec 2012

Chinese netizens were outraged to find that Xinhua state news agency has been posting on Twitter since March, despite an official block on the Western micro-blog.

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Heroic deeds tainted by the party's propaganda machine

20 May 2012

Mainland media were awash with praise for two young heroes last week - 29 year-old teacher Zhang Lili and 31-year-old PLA soldier Shen Xing .

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Students embrace spirit of Lei Feng

3 Apr 2012

University students in Guangzhou have responded enthusiastically to the central government's call to 'learn from Lei Feng'.

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Extend spirit of Lei Feng to religion

13 Mar 2012

Mainland authorities are concerned about the development of a moral vacuum in society. Their latest attempt to fill it is the relaunch of an iconic role model first held up to the people by Mao...

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Life and soul of the Party

4 Mar 2012

It was a rare fresh morning in February and the clocks were striking eight. On a corner in central Beijing, about six kilometres north of Tiananmen Square, a group of primary-school children with...

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Who said it?

28 Feb 2012

As China's leaders know, the country's current economic growth model is unsustainable

World Bank president Robert Zoellick in Beijing

Propaganda during the Cultural...

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Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Communist hero reborn as human face of party

The Communist Party has kicked off a high-profile campaign to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of an icon, in what is being seen as an effort to fill a moral vacuum in society.

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Party goes on, but would its icon recognise it?

In some of Shanghai's busiest subway stations, the revered visage of Lei Feng gazes out over bustling commuters like the ghost of propaganda past.

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In Brief

Rich urged to spend more

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From New Year Prints to Propaganda Posters

Hong Kong Museum of History

Ends Jun 16

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Beijing searches for new pin-up boy as model soldier loses his shine

The boyish face of the mainland's model soldier, Lei Feng , has recently appeared in two unlikely places - promoting condoms and doing good deeds in an online game.

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Corrections & clarifications

The name of a sociology professor at Peking University, quoted in Saturday's page A6 report on the mainland's memorial day for model worker Lei Feng was misspelled. He is Xia Xueluan , not Xia...

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