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Tag Archives: China
The Power of Babel
For most of the last nine months I have had the extraordinary benefit of intensive foreign language training. I had resources, faculty, structure and time all to my benefit: online and computer resources, a diverse faculty from many countries to learn different … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged China, Chinese, Cultural Diplomacy, Facebook, foreign language, language, language acquisition, Public Diplomacy
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Politics, Propaganda and Pornography on the Web in China
A recent New York Review of Books post by Perry Link is worth reading to learn the lengths and depths to which the Chinese government will go to control content and opinion on the Internet in that country. China has learned to … Continue reading
What The Washington Post gets wrong about The Daily Show in China
The April 9 Washington Post ran this blog post by Max Fisher about the unprecedented number of video viewings in China of a recent Daily Show segment on North Korea. (You can watch the original clip Daily Show clip here. I’m having … Continue reading
How to Watch Propaganda
Certain parts of the blogosphere are atwitter about China’s announcement that it has commenced flight tests aboard its first commissioned aircraft carrier. You can watch this five-minute newscast on the PLA Navy’s Liaoning from CCTV: I’m personally less alarmed, and as … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Political Theory, Public Diplomacy
Tagged aircraft carrier, Broadcasting Board of Governors, CCTV, China, J-15, Liaoning, PLA Navy, politics, propaganda, Public Diplomacy, repressive regimes, RT, Russia Today, Shenzhou, strategic communications, totalitarian regimes, Varyag
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