2026-10-30
On October 30, the U.S. network analysis firm Graphika released a report stating that the China-linked "Spamouflage" network used X accounts to impersonate U.S. voters, spreading politically divisive content ahead of the midterm elections and questioning the integrity of U.S. elections; the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. denied interfering in U.S. elections.
2026-10-26
The Xiangyang Net video account posted a video thanking China for maintaining Soviet military cemeteries and praising the achievements of the Soviet army. In the comment section, many netizens left messages paying tribute to the American Flying Tigers, stating that the friendship between China and the US during the War of Resistance remains eternal.
2026-10-24
A user on X revealed that after refusing to cooperate and criticizing a certain creator for spreading propaganda content, Kimi AI again sent a private message asking them to delete their comment; the user refused and expressed anger.
2026-10-15
Netizens questioned why a post reproducing a Xinhua interview, with the watermark cropped out, was taken down on the grounds of "distorting and misinterpreting national policies and regulations." Xinhua subsequently edited the video caption to add Guancha.cn as the source, but still made no mention of VOGUE.
2026-10-14
On October 14, "China San Nong Fabu" posted a video of Xi Jinping's speech at the 40th anniversary conference of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in 2020, saying that "when it comes to whether life is good, the people have the most say." It received 100,000+ likes, and the comments were almost entirely praise in the vein of "the people's good chairman."
2026-10-03
At Beijing time October 3, 2026, the account China Digital Times (@CDT) published its "404 Deleted Content Archive" roundup for August 2026. The report reviewed and archived representative topics and articles that were censored and deleted on the Chinese internet that month, covering cross-talk comedian Guo Degang, sexual assault at a dinner party, Huawei and "Bamboo Cicada," security checks around Tiananmen, the box-office dark-horse phenomenon of the film "Niu Lai," and the Jilong floods, along with related public opinion and reports.
2026-10
A large number of netizens went to China Daily's Douyin account to leave comments mocking its out-of-context editing, and that evening China Daily took down the video.
2026-10
Peking University News subsequently published a report on Steinmeier's visit, detailing his activities such as playing table tennis with students and faculty and receiving a signed racket, but made no mention of his speech quoting Cai Yuanpei's principle of 'freedom of thought and inclusiveness.'
2026-09-24
On September 24, People's Daily released a video titled "Crossing the Trap," revisiting the question Xi Jinping raised in May, during Trump's visit to China, of whether China and the US can overcome the "Thucydides Trap," and said the new positioning of China-US relations as a "constructive, strategically stable relationship" is the answer to that question.
2026-09-18
On September 18, the first two characters of the propaganda slogan "Serve the People Wholeheartedly" fell off at a cultural and creative street in Jiangxi, leaving the phrase "Serve the People Turtle-Bastard-Heartedly" instead. After relevant videos spread online and sparked ridicule from netizens, they were quickly removed from short-form video platforms.
2026-09-19
On September 19, 2026, the media outlet The Irrawaddy published a report titled “Guangxi’s Deadly Floods and China’s Propaganda Crisis.” The article points out that the Guangxi region has recently suffered severe flooding, raises questions about the Chinese authorities’ propaganda strategies and information control during disaster response, and analyzes the contradictions between the official narrative and the actual situation in the disaster area, as well as the public opinion crisis they have triggered.
2026-09-19
On September 19, a netizen uploaded a Douyin video in which a girl squats in a shabby room eating noodles cooked by her grandmother, with the noodle basin placed on the floor. Bullet comments flooded the screen with phrases like "It's just wrong," lamenting the contrast between poverty-alleviation propaganda and reality.
2026-09-16
On September 16, CCTV News reported that a shopping mall in Hebi, Henan hung posters of figures like Yuan Longping, Tu Youyou, and Zhang Guimei, praising them as the top-tier stars of the Chinese nation. Data from September 17 showed the video received 170,000 likes, but the comment section had only 74 comments, sparking public skepticism over comment control.
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2026-09-11
On September 11, a blogger released a video exposing Douyin's traffic monetization and censorship mechanisms, claiming that attacking the US can earn 15 yuan per 10,000 views. Conversely, videos debunking false foreign information are restricted and offer no revenue. The blogger questioned why related content from a certain "Global Times" video was forcibly removed.
2026-09-05
From September 4, official media such as Beijing Daily carried extensive expert interpretations, claiming that the Gyirong mudslide was a chain disaster with multiple links, including an ice collapse and debris flow, with extremely strong destructive power that cut off roads, communications and power entirely. The deposit averaged 4 meters thick and reached a maximum of 16 meters; life detectors could effectively probe less than two meters, leaving survivors with little hope of survival.
2026-09-05
After Chinese workers were rescued on September 5, state media outlets such as Chengdu Economic Daily and Tibet Daily reported with headlines like "Chinese and South Korean experts and the Nepalese army have been working hard." Red Star News, when citing local reporters, added a statement about Chinese tunnel experts participating in the rescue. However, reports from the Nepalese military and foreign media only mentioned the Nepalese military and South Korean experts, sparking questions about China grabbing credit.
2026-09-05
On September 5, Chinese Communist Party official media announced that Xiao Fugui, a police officer at the Gyirong port border inspection station, was driving to the port on the morning of August 30 when he spotted danger, did not reach the port and thus narrowly escaped death, and he filmed footage of the disaster; official media also promoted his remarks as one of the first team members to reach the core disaster area, tightly holding the five-star red flag.
2026-09-03
CCTV published a report packaging a rural female teacher from Henan who had traveled to Gyirong in Tibet to visit relatives as an army wife, claiming that after the mudslide she voluntarily chopped vegetables, prepared dishes and packed boxed meals, embodying a sense of duty to family and country; cadres in her hometown in Henan also organized to publicize her deeds.
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2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, state media carried out patriotic propaganda at Tibet's Gyirong port, which was devastated by a mudslide, focusing on the flag-raising at the ruins of the destroyed joint inspection building and on the giant cliffside characters reading "I Love You, China" that had not collapsed.
2026-09-01
The Global Times named Real Madrid, demanding that it delete the relevant post, apologize to the Chinese public, and change the wording to "China's Tibet".
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, Hongguan News in Nanchang, Jiangxi, published a flag-raising interview video featuring someone claiming to be a Taiwanese student. After netizens widely questioned the complete lack of a Taiwanese accent, the comment section was quickly closed.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, China News Network released a war mobilization promotional video. The comment section was flooded with sarcastic posts from a large number of young netizens using factory-work jargon such as a 12-hour assembly line, after which the video turned off its comment stream and turned on comment selection.
2026-08-30
Four days after the Jilong mudslide disaster, on August 30, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official media claimed that the first rescue personnel arrived in the core disaster zone aboard a military helicopter, and heavily promoted emotive scenes such as team members tightly clutching the five‑star red flag, prompting external doubts about the authenticity of post‑disaster rescue and the propaganda show.
2026-08-30
On August 30, 2026, Real Madrid observed a moment of silence at the stadium and on social media for the floods in Tibet and Nepal, sparking a sovereignty controversy in China because the English used "Tibet" rather than "China's Xizang".
2026-08-23
On the eve of Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States, Twitter saw a dense stream of narratives praising China-U.S. people-to-people friendship, chiefly the “legendary story” of an American teacher donating money to help combat desertification in Inner Mongolia. Official and related accounts promoted it in sync, and the posts were accused of showing signs of traffic manipulation.
2026-08-10
Zhejiang Daily reported that the village party secretary of Huaqiang Village in Ningbo stayed at his post during the typhoon and claimed he could carry an 85kg elderly person, prompting ridicule of the exaggerated propaganda among the public.
2026-08-10
On August 10, state media promoted news claiming that China's space program originated in the Ming Dynasty, centuries earlier than the West, prompting collective mockery and reflection from netizens in the comments section.
2026-08
Gao Zhikai said on an Indian TV program that India has no right to discuss the disaster in Nepal; the host countered by citing his earlier remarks in Pakistan about using Tibetan water resources.
2026-07-01
Xiamen Metro Line 1 in Fujian has launched a red special train, featuring a red song flash mob event inside the carriages.
2025-05-12
A notice released in May 2025 recruits students to sign up for the 2026 summer J-1 internship program in the US, with positions including amusement parks, kitchens, hotels and more, requiring participants to be willing to "tell China's story well", and charging an application service fee of 4850 yuan.
2025
During the 2025 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei floods, the Cyberspace Administration issued a press release and, together with the police, said it would crack down on military-related rumors.
2024-11-01
Andy Lau held a concert at the Taipei Arena and sang "Chinese People," sparking discussions in Taiwan's political circles and among netizens regarding his stance and united front propaganda.
2023-10
Italian media outlet Il Foglio was the first to discover that several websites disguised as Italian local news outlets for Rome, Venice, and other cities were heavily republishing and embedding pro-Beijing and anti-American narratives.
2022-11-30
“China Food News Convergence Media” posted a video on Bilibili, distorting the effects of formaldehyde-laced food into smears by foreign forces.
2021-08-30
On August 30, 2021, the Chinese Academy of History published a lengthy article publicly naming Gao Xiaosom, systematically cataloging his remarks on Chiang Kai-shek, the Xi'an Incident, the Yasukuni Shrine, and other topics, and classifying them as "historical nihilism"; around the same time, programs such as Xiaosom's Talk could not be searched normally on some platforms.
2021-01
Chinese consulate officials requested the recording of a Lunar New Year video featuring New York State officials; Sun Wen coordinated the effort, deleted the topic of Uyghurs in Xinjiang raised by the writer, and showed the finished product to the Chinese side in advance.
2018-03-21
After the merger of CCTV, China National Radio, and China Radio International to form the China Media Group, Shen Haixiong was appointed as its first president and Party secretary.
2011-06
Chinese officials sent Wang Ailin a pre-written "China's Position on the Xinjiang Issue," which Wang Ailin subsequently forwarded to her own website and sent the link to the officials.
2009-06-18
In April 2009, China demanded that Google remove from the google.cn homepage the link leading to google.com, but the request was refused; on June 18, the Internet Society of China issued a notice condemning Google for disseminating obscene, pornographic and vulgar information, while CCTV's Xinwen Lianbo and Focus Report criticized it in succession, and Google was temporarily cut off.
2001-07
Yang Lan delivered a cultural-themed presentation in Moscow on behalf of Beijing's Olympic bid. That same September, she sold her stake in Sunshine Culture to Sina, after which Wu Zheng became co-chairman of Sina.