Xinhua

18 Feb 2013

Washington, rather than Beijing, should take greater responsibility for Pyongyang's third nuclear test last week, Xinhua said in a commentary attacking foreign media reports that China's North...

Xi Jinping’s early life exalted in Xinhua profile

24 Dec 2012

China’s incoming president Xi Jinping was shaped by his “unique experiences as an ‘educated youth’”, state news agency Xinhua said in a profile that was accompanied by a lengthy photo gallery of...

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Xinhua journalists 'spy' for Communist Party

7 Dec 2012

Journalism traditionally in China has been the Communist Party's "eyes and ears" for understanding the country's mood, author Doug Young says in his newly released book about China's media.

Report on propaganda chief Liu Qibao released

7 Dec 2012

A report about the recent official activities of Liu Qibao, the new propaganda chief whose conspicuous absence from the limelight for nine days has sparked intense speculation among overseas media...

CNC to raise HK$160 million for mainland LED screen venture

5 Dec 2012

CNC Holdings (CNC), a Hong Kong-listed unit of Xinhua, is trying to raise up to HK$160 million by issuing new shares to fund its outdoor advertising project.

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Xinhua live-tweets closing session of 18th party congress

Delegates to China’s Communist Party congress offered the first clues to a generational leadership succession on Wednesday after a preliminary vote tapped Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang as anointed...

Propaganda players lost the plot a bit this week

Perhaps it's a sign that China's propaganda regime has grown too large when its different parts start fighting each other.

Call for revamp of sports

Media across the mainland yesterday called for an overhaul of the way national sports are run.

'Suicide bomber' was an innocent victim

Police in Yunnan province yesterday admitted a man they said had triggered a bombing - and who local officials had painted as an extremist and a sociopath - was not to blame for the deadly blast,...

Train kills 9 villagers on bridge

Nine villagers died after being struck by a cargo train yesterday morning as they walked along a railway bridge near the port city of Qinhuangdao , Hebei province, Xinhua reported.

Late mainland artist's work sets record

A renowned modern Chinese landscape painting by Li Keran sold for nearly 300 million yuan (HK$365 million) in Beijing, setting a personal auction record for the late mainland artist.