Reports that middle-level Chinese government officials are given almost verbatim translations of selected news stories and commentary from around the world in a publication called "News for Reference," which is widely distributed in China by the Hsinhua news agency. (FL)

An analysis of the coverage by four United States daily newspapers of the collapse of Nationalist China to the Communists in the 1940s reveals that, for all four newspapers, news out of and about China was just important enough to warrant some commentary, but not sustained analysis. (GT)

Analyzed letters published in China's official newspaper during 1967-68 and 1976-78. Demonstrates that the "letters to the editor" column is a chief institutionalized mechanism for the pursuit and resolution of conflict. (PD)

Analyzed China's foremost party organ, the "People's Daily," during 1979-80 to find out what changes have occurred with regard to media images of the U.S. since the normalization of the Sino-U.S. relationship. Noted a more favorable portrayal of the U.S.--at the expense of the Soviet Union. (PD)

A study examined the treatment of Chinese affairs in four American newspapers during December 1949, when China fell to Communism. Content analyses were conducted on issues of the "New York Times,""The Christian Science Monitor,""The Chicago Tribune," and "The St. Louis Post-Dispatch." Each of the 416…

Coverage of Ronald Reagan's China policy in three major newspapers--the "Los Angeles Times," the "New York Times," and the "Washington Post"--immediately before and after he assumed the presidency was submitted to content analysis. Results showed that the newspapers differed significantly both in their treatment of…

To examine Chinese journalists' opinions on a variety of global communication issues, a study interviewed 38 newspaper and broadcast journalists in Beijing, China, as well as advanced journalism students preparing for careers with "China Daily" or "Xinhua." Analysis used William Stephenson's Q-methodology, an analytic technique…

To determine the extent to which Chinese mass media reflected official policy concerning U.S.-Sino relations during the six year period after the 1979 normalization of relations, a study examined Chinese newspapers and evaluated their treatment of U.S. actions. News stories, editorials, columns, and features in the Foreign Broadcasting Information…

Political cartoons do not appear in the government-controlled press in the People's Republic of China. The cartoons that do appear in newspapers are good-natured and lacking in any type of political message. Chinese civilization has a 5,000-year history that is grounded in feudalism and must be considered in any analysis of Chinese society. Since…

Reviews research dealing with cable television and local news, photographs of the invasion of Poland in American newspapers, unauthorized use of a newspaper's name, newspaper coverage of President Reagan's China policy, perceptions of viewer interest by local television journalists, humorous advertising in the "Saturday Evening Post"…

A study examined sources of information for articles appearing in the "New York Times" and the "Washington Post" on United States/China policy formation between the years 1950 to 1984 to determine what U.S. government agencies had access to the press in the democratic process. Two aspects of news access were examined: (1)…

This paper suggests that the upcoming transfer of Hong Kong from Great Britain to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997, offers a unique opportunity to observe how changing configurations in the political environment influence mass media. The article investigates how the Hong Kong press, which spans the entire left-center-right ideological…