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Xinhua News Agency

Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: /ˌʃɪnˈhwɑː/)[2], or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. A State Council's ministry-level institution founded in 1931, Xinhua is the largest media organ in China.

Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua headquarters office in Beijing
Native name
新华通讯社
FormerlyRed China News Agency (1931–1937)
TypeState news agency
Industry
FoundedNovember 1931; 92 years ago (1931-11), in Ruijin, Jiangxi, Chinese Soviet Republic
FounderChinese Communist Party
Headquarters
Global: Beijing, China
Overseas: 1540 Broadway
Times Square
New York, NY 10036
U.S.[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Fu Hua (President and Party Secretary)
Lu Yansong (Editor-in-chef and deputy Party Secretary)
OwnerPeople's Republic of China
(state-owned institution)
ParentState Council of the People's Republic of China
SubsidiariesReference News
China Xinhua News Network Corporation
CNC World
Websiteenglish.news.cn
Xinhua News Agency
Simplified Chinese新华通讯社
Traditional Chinese新華通訊社
Literal meaningNew China News Agency
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnhuá Tōngxùnshè
Wade–GilesHsin-hwa Tung-hsün-shê
IPAɕínxwǎ
Abbreviated name
Simplified Chinese新华社
Traditional Chinese新華社
Literal meaningNew China Agency
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnhuá Shè
Wade–GilesHsin-hwa Shê

Xinhua is a publisher, as well as a news agency; it publishes in multiple languages and is a channel for the distribution of information related to the Chinese government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its headquarters in Beijing are located close to the central government's headquarters at Zhongnanhai.

Xinhua tailors its pro-Chinese government message to the nuances of each international audience.[3][4] The organization has faced criticism for spreading propaganda and disinformation and for criticizing people, groups, or movements critical of the Chinese government and its policies.[5][6][7]

History edit

 
Building of Red China News Agency in 1937.
 
Xinhua News Agency's overseas flagship digital billboard was inaugurated on Times Square, at the heart of Manhattan in 2010.

The predecessor to Xinhua was the Red China News Agency (紅色中華通訊社; Hóngsè Zhōnghuá Tōngxùnshè), founded in November 1931 as the Chinese Soviet Zone of Ruijin, Jiangxi province. It mostly republished news from its rival Central News Agency (CNA) for party and army officials. The agency got its name of Xinhua in November 1935, at the end of the Long March, in which the Chinese Red Army retreated from Jiangxi to Shaanxi. By the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, Xinhua's Reference News translated CNA news from the Kuomintang, and also international news from agencies like TASS and Havas. Xinhua first started using letterpress printing in 1940.[8]

During the Pacific War the agency developed overseas broadcasting capabilities and established its first overseas branches.[9] It began broadcasting to foreign countries in English from 1944. In 1949, Xinhua followed a subscription model instead of its previous limited distribution model.[8] In the direct aftermath of the Chinese Civil War, the agency represented the People's Republic of China in countries and territories with which it had no diplomatic representation, such as British Hong Kong.[9] In 1956, Xinhua began reporting on anti-Marxist and other opinions critical of the CCP. In 1957, Xinhua switched from a journal format to a newspaper format.[8]

The agency was described by media scholars as the "eyes and tongue" of the CCP, observing what is important for the masses and passing on the information.[10] A former Xinhua director, Zheng Tao, noted that the agency was a bridge between the CCP, the government, and the people, communicating both the demands of the people and the policies of the Party.[11]

In 2018, the United States Department of Justice directed Xinhua's U.S. branch to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.[12][13][14] In 2020, the United States Department of State designated Xinhua and other state-owned media outlets as a foreign mission.[15][16] Xinhua registered in the U.S. as a foreign agent in May 2021.[17]

In June 2022, Fu Hua, the former CCP Committee Secretary of Beijing Daily, was appointed president of Xinhua.[18] In September 2022, Fu stated, "Xinhua will never depart from the party line, not even for a minute, nor stray from the path laid down by General Secretary Xi Jinping".[19]

Reach edit

By 2021, Xinhua had 181 bureaus globally, publishing news in multiple languages.[20] Xinhua is also responsible for handling, and in some cases, censoring reports from foreign media destined for release in China.[21] In 2010, Xinhua acquired prime commercial real estate on Times Square in Manhattan and started an English-language satellite news network.[22] Xinhua has paid other media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal to carry its advertorial inserts, branded as "China Watch" or "China Focus".[23]

Internal media edit

The CCP's internal media system, in which certain journals are published exclusively for government and party officials, provides information and analysis which are not generally available to the public. The State values these internal reports because they contain much of China's most sensitive, controversial, and high-quality investigative journalism.[24]

Xinhua produces reports for these "internal" journals. Xinhua reporters file internal reports to CCP leadership from secure rooms in some Chinese embassies.[25] Informed observers note that journalists generally like to write for the internal publications because they can write less polemical and more comprehensive stories without making the omissions of unwelcome details commonly made in the media directed to the general public. The internal reports, written from a large number of countries, typically consist of in-depth analyses of international situations and domestic attitudes towards regional issues and perceptions of China.[26]

The Chinese government's internal media publication system follows a strict hierarchical pattern designed to facilitate party control. A publication called Reference News—which includes translated articles from abroad as well as news and commentary by Xinhua reporters—is delivered by Xinhua personnel, rather than by the national mail system, to officials at the working level and above. A three-to-ten-page report called Internal Reference (Neibu Cankao) is distributed to officials at the ministerial level and higher. One example was the first reports on the SARS outbreak by Xinhua which only government officials were allowed to see.[27] The most classified Xinhua internal reports are issued to the top dozen or so party and government officials.[28]

Headquarters and regional offices edit

 
Bureau in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Xinhua headquarters is located in Beijing, strategically located near Zhongnanhai, which houses the headquarters of the CCP, the General Secretary, and the State Council. Xinhua established its first overseas affiliate in 1947 in London, with Samuel Chinque as publisher. It distributes its news from the publication's overseas headquarters in New York City, in conjunction with distributing coverage from the United Nations bureau, as well as its other hubs in Asia, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.[29]

Hong Kong edit

Xinhua's branch in Hong Kong was not just a press office, but served as the de facto embassy of the PRC in the territory when it was under British administration. It was named a news agency under the special historic conditions before the 1997 handover, because the People's Republic did not recognize British sovereignty over the colony, and could not set up a consulate on what it considered to be its soil.[30][31]: 64  In the early 1980s, the deputy secretary of Xinhua, Wong Man-fong, negotiated with Hong Kong-based triads on behalf of the Chinese government to ensure their peace after the handover of Hong Kong.[32]

Despite its unofficial status, the directors of the Xinhua Hong Kong Branch included high-ranking former diplomats such as Zhou Nan, former Ambassador to the United Nations and Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, who later negotiated the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong.[33] His predecessor, Xu Jiatun, was also vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee, before fleeing to the United States in response to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, where he went into exile.[31][34]

It was authorized by the special administrative region government to continue to represent the central government after 1997, and it was renamed "The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong SAR" on 18 January 2000, retaining branch chief Jiang Enzhu as inaugural director.[35]

Cairo edit

Xinhua opened its Middle East Regional Bureau in Cairo, Egypt in 1985.[36]

Cooperation with other media outlets edit

In 2015, Xinhua and other Chinese state media outlets signed cooperation and content-sharing agreements with Russian state media outlets.[37][38]

In November 2018, Xinhua News Agency and the Associated Press (AP) of the United States signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation. Some lawmakers in the US congress asked the AP to release the text of its memorandum of understanding with Xinhua. In response, AP spokeswoman Lauren Easton told The Washington Post that AP's agreement with Xinhua is to allow it to operate inside China and has no bearing on AP's independence, and that Xinhua has no access to AP's sensitive information and no influence over AP's editorial decisions.[39]

In December 2022, journalist Joshua Kurlantzick said that Xinhua has had more success than other Chinese state media outlets such as China Global Television Network and China Radio International in acting as a part of China's media offensive, with Xinhua having signed content sharing agreements with many news agencies around the world.[20] He noted that "unlike with, say, a television station that a viewer has to actively turn on, and probably knows the channel, most print or online readers do not check the bylines of news articles—making it easier for Xinhua copy to slip through to readers."[20] He also noted: "In developing countries, Xinhua is increasingly stepping into the void left by other news wires like the Associated Press, because Xinhua content is free or cheap", and warned about Xinhua content being used by local news outlets in countries such as Thailand, saying: "Readers don't really notice where it comes from. That's going to skew the views of the general reading public, and that's quite dangerous."[40]

Reception edit

Overview edit

Political bias, censorship, and disinformation edit

In 2005, Reporters Without Borders called Xinhua "The World's Biggest Propaganda Machine", pointing out that Xinhua's president held the rank of a minister in the government. The report stated that the news agency was "at the heart of censorship and disinformation put in place" by the government.[4][41]

In a 2007 interview with The Times of India, then Xinhua president Tian Congming affirmed the problem of "historical setbacks and popular perceptions" with respect to Xinhua's credibility.[42] Newsweek criticized Xinhua as "being best known for its blind spots" regarding controversial news in China, although the article acknowledges that "Xinhua's spin diminishes when the news doesn't involve China".[43]

During the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak, Xinhua was slow to release reports of the incident to the public. However, its reporting in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake was seen as more transparent and credible as Xinhua journalists operated more freely.[44][45] After the Beijing Television Cultural Center fire, the vice president of the CCP's China International Publishing Group stated that quantity of media exposure would not necessarily help perceptions of China. Rather, he said, media should focus on emphasizing Chinese culture "to convey the message that China is a friend, not an enemy".[46]

Xinhua has criticized perceived foreign media bias and inaccurate reporting, citing an incident during the 2008 Tibetan unrest when media outlets used scenes of Nepalese police arresting Tibetan protesters as evidence of Chinese state brutality[47] with commentary from CNN's Jack Cafferty calling the Chinese "goons and thugs". CNN later apologized for the comments.[48]

Historical events edit

1968 industrial espionage allegations edit

During the May 68 events in France, Xinhua and PRC embassy press office staff were reported to exploit civil unrest to undertake industrial espionage at French factories.[31]

1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre edit

Xinhua staff struggled to find the "right line" to use in covering the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. Although more cautious than People's Daily in its treatment of sensitive topics during that period – such as how to commemorate reformist CCP leader Hu Yaobang's April 1989 death and then ongoing demonstrations in Beijing and elsewhere – Xinhua gave some favorable coverage to demonstrators and intellectuals supportive of the movement. Conflict between journalists and top editors over the censorship of stories about the Tiananmen Square crackdown lasted for several days after the military's dispersal of demonstrators on 4 June, with some journalists going on strike and demonstrating inside the agency's Beijing headquarters. Government oversight of the media increased after the protests – top editors at the agency's bureaus in Hong Kong and Macau were replaced with appointees who were pro-Beijing.[49]

2012 Mark Bourrie resignation and espionage allegations edit

In 2012, Xinhua's Ottawa correspondent Mark Bourrie resigned after Ottawa bureau chief Zhang Dacheng allegedly requested him to report on the Dalai Lama for Xinhua's internal media, which Bourrie felt amounted to gathering intelligence for China.[50][51][52] Zhang denied the allegation, telling the Canadian Press that Xinhua's policy is to "cover public events by public means" and his bureau's job is to cover news events and file the stories to Xinhua's editing rooms, who would then decide which stories would be published.[53] Bourrie, who had a press pass providing him access to the Parliament of Canada, had previously tried to consult the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) in 2009 on the matter of writing for Xinhua, but was ignored by CSIS.[54]

Portrayal of Indians during the 2017 Doklam standoff edit

During the 2017 China–India border standoff, Xinhua's English-language new media program The Spark released a satirical video named the "Seven Sins of India" on 16 August 2017, in which presenter Di'er Wang spoke of Indians having "thick skin" and "pretending to sleep" on the matter of the border dispute. Wang stated that India was physically threatening Bhutan, and compared India to a "robber who breaks into a house and does not leave". An actor in the video portraying "India" with a turban, beard and accent sparked allegations of racism and anti-Indian sentiment.[55] The video was criticized on Twitter and by Indian and Western media.[56][57]

2018 Devumi allegations edit

In January 2018, The New York Times published an investigative report on social media promotions, alleging that the US-based company Devumi was providing "Twitter followers and retweets to celebrities, businesses and anyone who wants to appear more popular or exert influence online." The article alleged an unnamed Xinhua editor bought "hundreds of thousands of followers and retweets on Twitter".[58]

2019 Hong Kong protests edit

In 2019, Xinhua was criticized for perceived bias in its portrayal of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests as violent and illegitimate, which led Twitter to ban it and other state-sponsored media outlets from ad purchases.[7][59]

COVID-19 pandemic edit

In 2020, Xinhua was one of several Chinese state media agencies reported to have been disseminating propaganda, targeted advertisements and social media posts, and news that showed the Chinese government in a better light.[60][6][61][62]

In 2022, journalist Joshua Kurlantzick noted that Xinhua's coverage of the pandemic, while being "sometimes factual and on the face of it little different in style from other newswires, often downplayed the threat of the virus within China and to other countries", and that it frequently highlighted the efforts of doctors and citizens in combating the virus, while ignoring the ways China had initially covered up the signs of an outbreak and Chinese citizens' growing anger at the government's response.[63]

Uyghurs edit

In 2012, Xinhua launched a Uyghur language website.[64] In 2021, Xinhua published a "fact check" following the publication of a BBC report on the situation in Xinjiang which, according to The Diplomat, "included an attempt to directly refute the testimony of one witness quoted in the BBC report. (Notably, Xinhua's fact check did not address the bulk of the testimony from other survivors.)"[65]

Russian invasion of Ukraine edit

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Xinhua and other Chinese state media outlets paid for digital ads on Facebook supporting pro-Kremlin disinformation and propaganda, including dissemination of the Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory, after Meta Platforms banned Russian state media advertisement buys.[66][67][68][69]

2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan edit

During the 2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan, Xinhua published an altered image of a Taiwanese Chi Yang-class frigate near the coast of Hualien County appearing to be a People's Liberation Army Navy vessel. The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense labelled the image as disinformation.[70][71][72]

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Xinhua redirects here For other uses see Xinhua disambiguation Not to be confused with China News Service Xinhua News Agency English pronunciation ˌ ʃ ɪ n ˈ hw ɑː 2 or New China News Agency is the official state news agency of the People s Republic of China A State Council s ministry level institution founded in 1931 Xinhua is the largest media organ in China Xinhua News AgencyXinhua headquarters office in BeijingNative name新华通讯社FormerlyRed China News Agency 1931 1937 TypeState news agencyIndustryBroadcast radio and television onlineFoundedNovember 1931 92 years ago 1931 11 in Ruijin Jiangxi Chinese Soviet RepublicFounderChinese Communist PartyHeadquartersGlobal Beijing ChinaOverseas 1540 BroadwayTimes SquareNew York NY 10036U S 1 Area servedWorldwideKey peopleFu Hua President and Party Secretary Lu Yansong Editor in chef and deputy Party Secretary OwnerPeople s Republic of China state owned institution ParentState Council of the People s Republic of ChinaSubsidiariesReference NewsChina Xinhua News Network CorporationCNC WorldWebsiteenglish wbr news wbr cnXinhua News AgencySimplified Chinese新华通讯社Traditional Chinese新華通訊社Literal meaningNew China News AgencyTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinXinhua TōngxunsheWade GilesHsin hwa Tung hsun sheIPAɕinxwǎAbbreviated nameSimplified Chinese新华社Traditional Chinese新華社Literal meaningNew China AgencyTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinXinhua SheWade GilesHsin hwa SheXinhua is a publisher as well as a news agency it publishes in multiple languages and is a channel for the distribution of information related to the Chinese government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party CCP Its headquarters in Beijing are located close to the central government s headquarters at Zhongnanhai Xinhua tailors its pro Chinese government message to the nuances of each international audience 3 4 The organization has faced criticism for spreading propaganda and disinformation and for criticizing people groups or movements critical of the Chinese government and its policies 5 6 7 Contents 1 History 2 Reach 2 1 Internal media 2 2 Headquarters and regional offices 2 2 1 Hong Kong 2 2 2 Cairo 2 3 Cooperation with other media outlets 3 Reception 3 1 Overview 3 1 1 Political bias censorship and disinformation 3 2 Historical events 3 2 1 1968 industrial espionage allegations 3 2 2 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre 3 2 3 2012 Mark Bourrie resignation and espionage allegations 3 2 4 Portrayal of Indians during the 2017 Doklam standoff 3 2 5 2018 Devumi allegations 3 2 6 2019 Hong Kong protests 3 2 7 COVID 19 pandemic 3 2 8 Uyghurs 3 2 9 Russian invasion of Ukraine 3 2 10 2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Building of Red China News Agency in 1937 nbsp Xinhua News Agency s overseas flagship digital billboard was inaugurated on Times Square at the heart of Manhattan in 2010 The predecessor to Xinhua was the Red China News Agency 紅色中華通訊社 Hongse Zhōnghua Tōngxunshe founded in November 1931 as the Chinese Soviet Zone of Ruijin Jiangxi province It mostly republished news from its rival Central News Agency CNA for party and army officials The agency got its name of Xinhua in November 1935 at the end of the Long March in which the Chinese Red Army retreated from Jiangxi to Shaanxi By the outbreak of the Second Sino Japanese War in 1937 Xinhua s Reference News translated CNA news from the Kuomintang and also international news from agencies like TASS and Havas Xinhua first started using letterpress printing in 1940 8 During the Pacific War the agency developed overseas broadcasting capabilities and established its first overseas branches 9 It began broadcasting to foreign countries in English from 1944 In 1949 Xinhua followed a subscription model instead of its previous limited distribution model 8 In the direct aftermath of the Chinese Civil War the agency represented the People s Republic of China in countries and territories with which it had no diplomatic representation such as British Hong Kong 9 In 1956 Xinhua began reporting on anti Marxist and other opinions critical of the CCP In 1957 Xinhua switched from a journal format to a newspaper format 8 The agency was described by media scholars as the eyes and tongue of the CCP observing what is important for the masses and passing on the information 10 A former Xinhua director Zheng Tao noted that the agency was a bridge between the CCP the government and the people communicating both the demands of the people and the policies of the Party 11 In 2018 the United States Department of Justice directed Xinhua s U S branch to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act 12 13 14 In 2020 the United States Department of State designated Xinhua and other state owned media outlets as a foreign mission 15 16 Xinhua registered in the U S as a foreign agent in May 2021 17 In June 2022 Fu Hua the former CCP Committee Secretary of Beijing Daily was appointed president of Xinhua 18 In September 2022 Fu stated Xinhua will never depart from the party line not even for a minute nor stray from the path laid down by General Secretary Xi Jinping 19 Reach editBy 2021 Xinhua had 181 bureaus globally publishing news in multiple languages 20 Xinhua is also responsible for handling and in some cases censoring reports from foreign media destined for release in China 21 In 2010 Xinhua acquired prime commercial real estate on Times Square in Manhattan and started an English language satellite news network 22 Xinhua has paid other media outlets such as The New York Times The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to carry its advertorial inserts branded as China Watch or China Focus 23 Internal media edit Main articles Internal media of the Chinese Communist Party and Neican The CCP s internal media system in which certain journals are published exclusively for government and party officials provides information and analysis which are not generally available to the public The State values these internal reports because they contain much of China s most sensitive controversial and high quality investigative journalism 24 Xinhua produces reports for these internal journals Xinhua reporters file internal reports to CCP leadership from secure rooms in some Chinese embassies 25 Informed observers note that journalists generally like to write for the internal publications because they can write less polemical and more comprehensive stories without making the omissions of unwelcome details commonly made in the media directed to the general public The internal reports written from a large number of countries typically consist of in depth analyses of international situations and domestic attitudes towards regional issues and perceptions of China 26 The Chinese government s internal media publication system follows a strict hierarchical pattern designed to facilitate party control A publication called Reference News which includes translated articles from abroad as well as news and commentary by Xinhua reporters is delivered by Xinhua personnel rather than by the national mail system to officials at the working level and above A three to ten page report called Internal Reference Neibu Cankao is distributed to officials at the ministerial level and higher One example was the first reports on the SARS outbreak by Xinhua which only government officials were allowed to see 27 The most classified Xinhua internal reports are issued to the top dozen or so party and government officials 28 Headquarters and regional offices edit nbsp Bureau in Dar es Salaam Tanzania Xinhua headquarters is located in Beijing strategically located near Zhongnanhai which houses the headquarters of the CCP the General Secretary and the State Council Xinhua established its first overseas affiliate in 1947 in London with Samuel Chinque as publisher It distributes its news from the publication s overseas headquarters in New York City in conjunction with distributing coverage from the United Nations bureau as well as its other hubs in Asia Middle East Latin America and Africa 29 Hong Kong edit Xinhua s branch in Hong Kong was not just a press office but served as the de facto embassy of the PRC in the territory when it was under British administration It was named a news agency under the special historic conditions before the 1997 handover because the People s Republic did not recognize British sovereignty over the colony and could not set up a consulate on what it considered to be its soil 30 31 64 In the early 1980s the deputy secretary of Xinhua Wong Man fong negotiated with Hong Kong based triads on behalf of the Chinese government to ensure their peace after the handover of Hong Kong 32 Despite its unofficial status the directors of the Xinhua Hong Kong Branch included high ranking former diplomats such as Zhou Nan former Ambassador to the United Nations and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs who later negotiated the Sino British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong 33 His predecessor Xu Jiatun was also vice chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee before fleeing to the United States in response to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre where he went into exile 31 34 It was authorized by the special administrative region government to continue to represent the central government after 1997 and it was renamed The Liaison Office of the Central People s Government in the Hong Kong SAR on 18 January 2000 retaining branch chief Jiang Enzhu as inaugural director 35 Cairo edit Xinhua opened its Middle East Regional Bureau in Cairo Egypt in 1985 36 Cooperation with other media outlets edit In 2015 Xinhua and other Chinese state media outlets signed cooperation and content sharing agreements with Russian state media outlets 37 38 In November 2018 Xinhua News Agency and the Associated Press AP of the United States signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation Some lawmakers in the US congress asked the AP to release the text of its memorandum of understanding with Xinhua In response AP spokeswoman Lauren Easton told The Washington Post that AP s agreement with Xinhua is to allow it to operate inside China and has no bearing on AP s independence and that Xinhua has no access to AP s sensitive information and no influence over AP s editorial decisions 39 In December 2022 journalist Joshua Kurlantzick said that Xinhua has had more success than other Chinese state media outlets such as China Global Television Network and China Radio International in acting as a part of China s media offensive with Xinhua having signed content sharing agreements with many news agencies around the world 20 He noted that unlike with say a television station that a viewer has to actively turn on and probably knows the channel most print or online readers do not check the bylines of news articles making it easier for Xinhua copy to slip through to readers 20 He also noted In developing countries Xinhua is increasingly stepping into the void left by other news wires like the Associated Press because Xinhua content is free or cheap and warned about Xinhua content being used by local news outlets in countries such as Thailand saying Readers don t really notice where it comes from That s going to skew the views of the general reading public and that s quite dangerous 40 Reception editOverview edit Political bias censorship and disinformation edit In 2005 Reporters Without Borders called Xinhua The World s Biggest Propaganda Machine pointing out that Xinhua s president held the rank of a minister in the government The report stated that the news agency was at the heart of censorship and disinformation put in place by the government 4 41 In a 2007 interview with The Times of India then Xinhua president Tian Congming affirmed the problem of historical setbacks and popular perceptions with respect to Xinhua s credibility 42 Newsweek criticized Xinhua as being best known for its blind spots regarding controversial news in China although the article acknowledges that Xinhua s spin diminishes when the news doesn t involve China 43 During the 2002 2004 SARS outbreak Xinhua was slow to release reports of the incident to the public However its reporting in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake was seen as more transparent and credible as Xinhua journalists operated more freely 44 45 After the Beijing Television Cultural Center fire the vice president of the CCP s China International Publishing Group stated that quantity of media exposure would not necessarily help perceptions of China Rather he said media should focus on emphasizing Chinese culture to convey the message that China is a friend not an enemy 46 Xinhua has criticized perceived foreign media bias and inaccurate reporting citing an incident during the 2008 Tibetan unrest when media outlets used scenes of Nepalese police arresting Tibetan protesters as evidence of Chinese state brutality 47 with commentary from CNN s Jack Cafferty calling the Chinese goons and thugs CNN later apologized for the comments 48 Historical events edit 1968 industrial espionage allegations edit During the May 68 events in France Xinhua and PRC embassy press office staff were reported to exploit civil unrest to undertake industrial espionage at French factories 31 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre edit Xinhua staff struggled to find the right line to use in covering the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre Although more cautious than People s Daily in its treatment of sensitive topics during that period such as how to commemorate reformist CCP leader Hu Yaobang s April 1989 death and then ongoing demonstrations in Beijing and elsewhere Xinhua gave some favorable coverage to demonstrators and intellectuals supportive of the movement Conflict between journalists and top editors over the censorship of stories about the Tiananmen Square crackdown lasted for several days after the military s dispersal of demonstrators on 4 June with some journalists going on strike and demonstrating inside the agency s Beijing headquarters Government oversight of the media increased after the protests top editors at the agency s bureaus in Hong Kong and Macau were replaced with appointees who were pro Beijing 49 2012 Mark Bourrie resignation and espionage allegations edit In 2012 Xinhua s Ottawa correspondent Mark Bourrie resigned after Ottawa bureau chief Zhang Dacheng allegedly requested him to report on the Dalai Lama for Xinhua s internal media which Bourrie felt amounted to gathering intelligence for China 50 51 52 Zhang denied the allegation telling the Canadian Press that Xinhua s policy is to cover public events by public means and his bureau s job is to cover news events and file the stories to Xinhua s editing rooms who would then decide which stories would be published 53 Bourrie who had a press pass providing him access to the Parliament of Canada had previously tried to consult the Canadian Security Intelligence Service CSIS in 2009 on the matter of writing for Xinhua but was ignored by CSIS 54 Portrayal of Indians during the 2017 Doklam standoff edit See also Stereotypes of South Asians During the 2017 China India border standoff Xinhua s English language new media program The Spark released a satirical video named the Seven Sins of India on 16 August 2017 in which presenter Di er Wang spoke of Indians having thick skin and pretending to sleep on the matter of the border dispute Wang stated that India was physically threatening Bhutan and compared India to a robber who breaks into a house and does not leave An actor in the video portraying India with a turban beard and accent sparked allegations of racism and anti Indian sentiment 55 The video was criticized on Twitter and by Indian and Western media 56 57 2018 Devumi allegations edit In January 2018 The New York Times published an investigative report on social media promotions alleging that the US based company Devumi was providing Twitter followers and retweets to celebrities businesses and anyone who wants to appear more popular or exert influence online The article alleged an unnamed Xinhua editor bought hundreds of thousands of followers and retweets on Twitter 58 2019 Hong Kong protests edit Further information Reactions to the 2019 2020 Hong Kong protests In 2019 Xinhua was criticized for perceived bias in its portrayal of the 2019 20 Hong Kong protests as violent and illegitimate which led Twitter to ban it and other state sponsored media outlets from ad purchases 7 59 COVID 19 pandemic edit Further information COVID 19 misinformation by China In 2020 Xinhua was one of several Chinese state media agencies reported to have been disseminating propaganda targeted advertisements and social media posts and news that showed the Chinese government in a better light 60 6 61 62 In 2022 journalist Joshua Kurlantzick noted that Xinhua s coverage of the pandemic while being sometimes factual and on the face of it little different in style from other newswires often downplayed the threat of the virus within China and to other countries and that it frequently highlighted the efforts of doctors and citizens in combating the virus while ignoring the ways China had initially covered up the signs of an outbreak and Chinese citizens growing anger at the government s response 63 Uyghurs edit Further information Uyghur genocide Denial of abuses In 2012 Xinhua launched a Uyghur language website 64 In 2021 Xinhua published a fact check following the publication of a BBC report on the situation in Xinjiang which according to The Diplomat included an attempt to directly refute the testimony of one witness quoted in the BBC report Notably Xinhua s fact check did not address the bulk of the testimony from other survivors 65 Russian invasion of Ukraine edit Further information Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and China and the Russian 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