Sixth Tone: How Western Fake News Took Over China’s Social Media
(This is an Op-ed I recently wrote for Sixth Tone.) In February, Wikipedia editors voted to ban the British tabloid the Daily Mail and its website as sources of reference in its entries. The decision...
View ArticleThe Diplomat: China’s Media Market Competition
Below is a recent Q&A published in The Diplomat. Briefly describe China’s traditional and digital media market landscape. China has a highly regulated media market, where traditional and digital...
View ArticleSupChina: How ‘Self-Media’ In China Has Become A Hub For Misinformation
Like other parts of the world, social media platforms in China are also filled with misinformation. One unique aspect, however, is the role played by the so-called “self-media,” usually funded by...
View ArticleSupChina: Jordan Peterson And China’s ‘White Left’
I was quoted in SupChina’s article on the popularity of the term “White Left” in China. A recent talk by Fang Kecheng 方可成 offers the best examination of the term’s history and usage. In the talk, Fang...
View ArticleSixth Tone: How Blockchain Could Revolutionize China’s Media
Blockchain creations are still in their early phases, but Fang Kecheng, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication who hails from eastern Anhui province,...
View ArticleReuters: Vaccine scandal tests Beijing’s grip on information control
I was interviewed and quoted in a Reuters article on the information control after China’s vaccine scandal in July 2018. The enormous impact of the so-called “zi meiti”, or “self-media” article marks a...
View ArticleMade in China: a conversation on the ideas and principles behind CNPolitics
Made in China is an open access quarterly (ISSN 2206-9119) on Chinese labour, civil society, and rights. In the coming months, CNPolitics will translate and feature a selection of Made in China‘s...
View ArticleFinancial Times: China censorship moves from politics to economics
I was interviewed and quoted in an FT article: Fang Kecheng, a Chinese media researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, said: “The propaganda department aims to guide public opinion, so when things...
View ArticleWashington Post: China’s ‘responsive’ authoritarianism
My co-author Dr. Maria Repnikova wrote an Op-Ed for The Washington Post and introduced our research: my research with the researcher Kecheng Fang at the University of Pennsylvania shows that the...
View ArticleReuters: As Trump touts trade war truce, China holds its tongue
I was interviewed and quoted in a Reuters article: “Apparently, the Chinese government doesn’t want its people to consider the agreement as a failure for China,” said Fang Kecheng, a Chinese media...
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