Jeremy Paxman and Bai Yansong spoke at the Future of Public Media workshop in Beijing

China Media Centre hosted leading TV stars as they shared insights on the opportunities for...

Jeremy Paxman and Bai Yansong spoke at the Future of Public Media workshop in Beijing

Two-Day Workshop on British Journalism at CCTV

China Central Television was the venue for a two-day workshop on British journalism organized by China Media Centre in October 2009....

Two-Day Workshop on British Journalism at CCTV

Parliamentary Seminar: ‘China and the New Green Deal’

‘China and the New Green Deal’, a China Media Centre conference, was held in Parliament in June 2009. It was the 6th...

Parliamentary Seminar: ‘China and the New Green Deal’

CMC Connection: Boris Johnson

China Media Centre managed Boris Johnson’s first ever visit to China, to study higher education, just before he became Mayor of London Boris Johnson...

CMC Connection: Boris Johnson

Liberal Democrat Conference

[NOV 11, 2009] The CMC director, Hugo de Burgh, spoke about ‘Changing China’ at the Liberal Democrat conference, joining the Chinese Ambassador,...

Liberal Democrat Conference
Soft Power and the Creative Industries:  China and Britain

Soft Power and the Creative Industries: China and Britain

Palace of Westminster Wednesday, 25 April 2012 The Chinese Government has just committed itself to using ‘culture’ and ‘public diplomacy’ as a driver to increase global understanding about China. This reflects concern that China must do better in promoting its culture at home and abroad; recognition of the part that the creative industries will play [...]

Soft Power and the Creative Industries:  China and Britain

Soft Power and the Creative Industries: China and Britain

Palace of Westminster Wednesday, 25 April 2012 The Chinese Government has just committed itself to using ‘culture’ and ‘public diplomacy’ as a driver to increase global understanding about China. This reflects concern that China must do better in promoting its culture at home and abroad; recognition of the part that the creative industries will play [...]

Jeremy Paxman and Bai Yansong spoke at the Future of Public Media workshop in Beijing

Jeremy Paxman and Bai Yansong spoke at the Future of Public Media workshop in Beijing

China Media Centre hosted leading TV stars as they shared insights on the opportunities for potential China-UK media partnerships Jeremy Paxman (principal news and current affairs presenter, BBC), Wang Hui (Head of Communications, City of Beijing) in the chair, Bai Yansong (principal news and current affairs presenter, CCTV) Jeremy Paxman and China’s leading current affairs presenter and writer Bai Yansong joined Paul Jackson [...]

China: Literature and political reform

Today it was reported that Wen Jiabao, once again, has called for faster political reform at the end of the National Peoples’ Congress. There have been many political reforms over the past 30 years, to say nothing of social changes that have made the country more open. So what’s he worried about? Well, since he warned [...]

LSE SU CHINA DEVELOPMENT FORUM 2012– China’s Reform Phase II 2012 中国发展论坛

As anyone who has talked with me about China knows, I am dismissive of British ruling class attitudes to China. Those who still write the country off as a totalitarian kleptocracy which has grown rich only by exploiting peasants,in which every half educated person is gagging to overthrow the regime, should attend a student conference [...]

China Media Centre 2013 Spring Seminar

China Media Centre 2013 Spring Seminar

China Media Centre 2013 Spring Seminar WATCHDOG JOURNALISM SINCE 2001 新世纪以来的舆论监督 Speaker: Professor Zhan Jiang 著名新闻学者 展江教授 Chair: Professor Hugo de Burgh Date: Monday 18th March 2013 Time: 2pm-4pm Venue: A1.4, Harrow Campus, University of Westminster   Abstract Professor Zhan Jiang will examine the situation of China’s watchdog journalism since 2001 by illustrating seven stages [...]

China Media Centre 2013 Spring Seminar

China Media Centre 2013 Spring Seminar ONLINE GAMING ADDICTS’ WAR Understanding Online Youth Discourse in China Speaker: Dr Yuntao Zhang Chair: Professor Hugo de Burgh Date: Tuesday 5th March 2013 Time: 1:30pm-3pm Venue: A7.3, Harrow Campus, University of Westminster OPEN TO ALL   Abstract In this seminar, I will explore the attitudes of young Chinese [...]

Soft Power and the Creative Industries:  China and Britain

Soft Power and the Creative Industries: China and Britain

Palace of Westminster Wednesday, 25 April 2012 The Chinese Government has just committed itself to using ‘culture’ and ‘public diplomacy’ as a driver to increase global understanding about China. This reflects concern that China must do better in promoting its culture at home and abroad; recognition of the part that the creative industries will play [...]

China Media Centre 2012 Spring Seminar 4

China Media Centre 2012 Spring Seminar Photojournalism in China  Speaker:  AN Guanxi,   XIANG Mei Date: Thursday, 29th March 2012 Time: 11am-1pm Venue: A 7.3 Chair: Guo Dawei OPEN TO ALL   Mr. AN Guanxi is now a Visiting Scholar at the China Media Centre, University of Westminster. He also joined University Missouri in the US [...]

A Visit to London

A Visit to London

Yang Qing–Communication University of China Before I start this article, firstly I want to show my appreciation to both the University of Westminster and Communication University of China for giving me the chance to visit and study in London. Since the Olympic Game was held in London, it was really once in a blue moon [...]

2012-2013 CMC Projects

In 2012, China Media Centre continued to further its cooperation with the Chinese government at various levels and media organizations as well as academic institutions. It provided a total of 12courses for the above organizations including China’s Ministry of Defence, Beijing Municipal Government, Zhejiang Provincial Government, Shanghai Media Group, Tianjin Media Group, State Information Office, [...]

Communication and China • Fudan Forum (2011)

Interaction and Communication: The City in Transition The city is a physical entity, a place of human inhabitation and a center of economy, politics and culture. The city represents a network of interaction and communication, and the indicator of human living conditions and the pattern of their relationships as well. From the beginning, communication and [...]

Conference Notice: China’s Soft Power

The dramatic economic growth in China has meant a renewed international influence. President Obama’s recent visit, and the effective establishment of the “G2,” marked international recognition of the fact that China is, today, a central actor in the world economy. Historically, economic power has always been accompanied by increasing international cultural influence – soccer, Hollywood and karaoke are just some of the things bequeathed by other big economies to the rest of the world. It is certain that China’s economic stature will also be reflected in the diffusion of Chinese culture.

Media Digest, May 14-20, 2010

Media Digest, May 14-20, 2010

Dating show contestant banned for sexy modeling?

If You Are The One (非城勿扰), a dating program on Jiangsu TV, has produced some dodgy contestants, some of whom admitted afterward to pretending on be outrageous characters the show. Now, it is rumored that a Beijing model, Ma Nuo (马诺), who has modeled for Gome Electrical Appliances and for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, has come under fire for her remarks about only dating super rich guys. The rumor making the rounds is that SARFT has banned her appearances on future reality TV shows.

Media Digest, May 7-13, 2010

Twenty jailed for CCTV tower blaze

Twenty people involved in last year’s deadly Spring Festival fire at the China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters have received jail terms ranging from three to seven years. A statement released Monday by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, said Xu Wei, former head of construction office of the broadcaster’s new headquarters, was sentenced to seven years, with the other 19 involved receiving three years to six and a half years. A total of 21 people were convicted Monday, but one, Chen Zijun, was exempted from criminal punishment due to his minor role is the blaze, said the statement. The 21 convicted included five CCTV staff: Xu Wei, Deng Jionghui, Hu Debin, Gao Hong and Wang Shirong