By many measures, America is no longer seen as positively as it once was in China. We track some of these changes.
Perceptions
What's At Stake In Xinjiang
May 11, 2020
A symposium featuring a distinguished panel of specialists to discuss Uyghur beliefs and Chinese government policies in the region.
Joint Statement on Anti-Asian Hate and Violence
March 30, 2020
The March 16th mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent, occurred in the wake of a yearlong upsur
PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China Takes Countermeasures Against Restrictive Measures on Chinese Media Agencies in the US, March 18, 2020
March 18, 2020
The Chinese government announced that five U.S. media organizations would be treated as foreign government entities. One, VOA, is U.S. government-controlled, the others are private companies. American nationals working for three of the organizations would be required to leave China, if their journalist visas are to expire in 2020.
Video: Cara Wallis on social media in contemporary China
March 16, 2020
Prof. Cara Wallis of Texas A&M University delivered the annual Walt Fisher Lecture at the USC Annenberg School of Communication.
Designation and Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, October 21, 2019
March 4, 2020
A Notice by the US State Department.
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, February 24, 2020
March 4, 2020
A Notice by the US State Department.
Michael Pompeo, Institution of a Personnel Cap on Designated PRC Media Entities, March 2, 2020
March 2, 2020
Two documents are included here. The first is an announcement by the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on new limits imposed on the number of people permitted to work in the U.S. for designated PRC media entities. The second is a background briefing on the policy by two senior State Department officers. The policy was announced and the briefing was held at the State Department in Washington, D.C.
Media moves
February 27, 2020
Some of the avalanche of news this week concerning the U.S. and China has been about the news media itself. Both the U.S. and Chinese governments took action towards media organizations operating in each other’s countries.
Senior Officials, State Department Designates Chinese Media Entities as Foreign Missions, Feb. 18, 2020
February 26, 2020
Two senior State Department officials spoke to the media on the Department's decision to label Chinese media entities (Xinhua News Agency; China Global Television Network (CGTN) - part of China Central Television, CCTV; China Radio International (CRI); China Daily Distribution Corporation; and Hai Tian Development USA (distributor of People's Daily in the U.S.) as foreign missions. The officials explained the reasoning behind the designation and what it would mean.
Chinese are more impressed by Japan's response to the coronavirus than America's
February 12, 2020
A survey of Chinese netizen reaction to the responses of the Japanese and U.S. governments to the coronavirus outbreak.
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January 10, 2022
We remember Michael Parks, who covered China for the Baltimore Sun and as the Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.