China is shutting down hundreds of local TV and radio channels — and rebuilding its propaganda apparatus online.

The shuttering of New York’s IndieChina film festival sent ripples through the independent screening ecosystem for Chinese films globally. Meet the volunteers keeping the spirit of independent film alive.

The first charge under a new Czech security law tests where foreign state journalism ends — and intelligence work begins.

The closure of longstanding debate programs at public broadcaster RTHK signals a retreat from editorial independence — as the network openly aligns with China’s party-state media.

The closure of dozens more newspapers signals the final fizzling of China’s once-vibrant metropolitan print media sector at the outset in 2026.

As international communication centers proliferate across China down to the county level, Xi Jinping’s grand vision for global “discourse power” meets absurd local reality.

The feeling when entering Radio Free Asia was, “We can make something important.” Our colleagues at Tian Jian look at the personal impact of the shutdown of the US service.

China’s 80th anniversary WWII celebrations weren’t just about military might—they were about rewriting history to erase America’s wartime role.

First launched as a newspaper in 1946, the flagship media group of the Chinese Communist Party is now a sprawling content empire — relaying everything from the dictates of the leadership to the latest entertainment news. But the Party, as ever, remains at the center.