2026-10-26
On October 26, Chinese state media promoting propaganda toward Taiwan interviewed Hong Kong Legislative Council member Junius Ho. Ho said that Western democracy and freedom sound beautiful but cannot fool people, and that a system that can make people happy is a good system. His remarks were collectively mocked by Chinese netizens.
2026-10-07
At 20:25 on October 7, the topic "Numerous Taiwan artists clearly state the one-China position" ranked 11th on Weibo's overall chart. State media outlet Southern Daily posted a compilation video, using Wu Qilong's "even if it doesn't make money, this is still my position" as a hook, and listed records of artists such as Angela Zhang and Ouyang Nana reposting CCTV's "Taiwan will surely return" poster; the Wenling City Media Convergence Center said that identifying with one China "is not a multiple-choice question, but a compulsory one."
2026-10-03
After a Hong Kong media outlet interviewed the painter who sprayed the national emblem at Tiananmen, some netizens questioned the related “Great Nation Craftsmen” propaganda, and controversy broke out in the comments section.
2026-09-30
At 23:28 Beijing time on September 30, 2026, the account @CDT posted a tweet sharing a report by Safeguard Defenders on CGTN (China Global Television Network) titled "See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus". The report focuses on media under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a Yunnan blogger uploaded a video captioned "Longquan Kindergarten celebrates National Day early for the children." Several young children, carrying cardboard box props labeled "explosive pack" on their backs and holding national flags, took part in activities on the street and inside the kindergarten, with text reading "Determined at the age of three to defend the home and the country."
2026-09-24
On September 24, the Communication University of China announced the establishment of the 'Xi Jinping Cultural Thought Research Institute' and held an unveiling ceremony. University Party Secretary Liao Xiangzhong, President Zhang Shuting, and other university leaders, as well as heads of various schools and functional departments, attended the event. The day marked the second anniversary of Xi Jinping's reply letter to all faculty and students of the university.
2026-09-18
On September 18, Study Times, the official newspaper of the CCP Central Committee Party School, published an article pointing out that public opinion has become a high-risk explosion point for social conflicts. It criticized the government for its habitual avoidance of responsibility, suggested channeling emotions through empathy and apologies, and called for incorporating public opinion management into the national governance system.
2026-09-18
On September 18, the official authorities in Zhumadian, Henan released a promotional video showing citizens spontaneously observing a moment of silence when the air raid siren sounded. This triggered skepticism among netizens in the comment section, who accused it of being staged and mocked official formalism such as not granting a holiday on the anniversary and keeping assembly lines running.
2026-09-17
To reshuffle her cabinet, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's cabinet first resigned en masse and then completed the reorganization on the same day, finishing the whole procedure within a single day; CCP propaganda portrayed it as a collective cabinet resignation and Takaichi losing support.
2026-09-10
On September 10, 2026, the official media People’s Daily posted an entry announcement on the social platform Xiaohongshu. Subsequently, a netizen posted “We want two-day weekend” in the platform’s comment section as a test, and the system returned a prompt “This comment is under review, sharing not supported at this time”. The incident shows that People’s Daily’s comment function on the new media platform is limited by the platform’s censorship mechanism, sparking netizens’ attention to platform speech censorship.
2026-09-05
The CCP Central Propaganda Department organized a national media seminar in Hangzhou, emphasizing that the party's theories must be implemented according to Xi Jinping's thought. At the same time, the second International Academic Seminar on Xi Jinping's Cultural Thought was also held.
2026-09-03
In Yangjiang Town, Qionghai, Hainan, a propaganda cadre's claim that he paid out of pocket for tree seedlings to win over a holdout household was exposed as false by the person involved; the town government issued a notice on September 3, 2026 acknowledging discrepancies between the account and the facts and publicly apologizing.
2026-09-03
The CCP had previously publicized that China and Indonesia held a joint military exercise to jointly strike at Taiwan independence; Indonesia subsequently clarified that its frigate, while returning from Russia, merely politely sailed alongside Chinese warships for a stretch, with no joint military exercise involved.
2026-08-28
Hong Kong's Education Bureau announced a series of student mainland exchange programs themed on the "90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March" for the new school year, arranging for students to visit relevant memorial sites and participate in themed activities.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, the Hong Kong Education Bureau sent a circular to all primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong, launching a student mainland exchange program for the 90th anniversary of the Long March victory, organizing students to visit Zunyi and other places to enhance their sense of identity.
2026-08-28
On August 27, 2026, the People's Daily, an official media outlet of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), opened an account on the overseas social platform Threads. It was immediately flooded with reports and mockery from a large number of netizens, and the People's Daily closed its comment section the following day.
2026-08-28
On August 27, 2026, netizens discovered on the social platform Threads that the Central Committee’s official newspaper People’s Daily had opened an official account. After the news spread, many netizens reported, blocked, and restricted the account, and flooded the short posts it published with Xi Jinping memes. The next day, on August 28, 2026, the comment section of the People’s Daily’s account on Threads was closed, preventing further public discussion.
2026-08
The CCP is collaborating with CCTV and pro-unification KOLs to study history textbooks used by Taiwanese students, aiming to develop a new generation of united front brainwashing narratives targeting the Taiwanese people in an attempt to divide Taiwanese society and supporters of various political parties.
2026-08-01
During Army Day on August 1, 2026, official media reported that Air Force pilots said they did not care about compensation and only wanted to fight, which immediately triggered a wave of sarcasm and mockery on social platforms, with large numbers of netizens responding with "add another ten bricks." The comment sections of the related news were subsequently urgently emptied.
2026-07-23
On July 23, 2026, netizens discovered that the video platform Bilibili had launched an exclusive political propaganda column called “New Journey” in its core section, recommending in full official content such as “A Xi Quote of the Day” that displays personal remarks by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
2026-07-23
In July 2026, People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and other central state media successively broadcast promotional videos, vigorously promoting the baffling, out-of-nothing governance discourse on Yiwu's development that Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward in 2006.
2026-07-21
When the CCTV-affiliated account “Yuyuantian” posted photos of the South China Sea standoff, it re‑edited the image to erase the “Chinese People's Armed Police” label on the loudspeaker; after netizens raised doubts, it opened a comment highlight.
2026-07-21
On July 21, 2026, netizens noticed that Yuanyuantantian, a new media account under CCTV, deliberately erased the Chinese Armed Police markings on a loudspeaker when it published official propaganda images of a maritime standoff in the South China Sea. After facing questions from netizens, it turned on comment selection.
2026-07-14
On July 14, 2026, the Macao Public Security Police Force officially released national security promotional content, listing everyday behaviors such as the misuse of paper cups among the preventive measures against threats to national security, sparking discussion and mockery among the public and netizens.
2026-06-10
According to online reports, a person inside the system revealed that, in response to the public opinion fermentation triggered by Chongqing citizens' protests against dog abuse and police on-site violent law enforcement, the relevant propaganda competent departments held a meeting to intervene and instructed the three major mainstream online platforms to block and delete related content in order to lower the heat of the incident.
2026-04-28
China's Ministry of State Security released a virtual police video, characterizing the "lying flat" phenomenon that is trending on platforms as a group supported by overseas organizations and calling on young people to return to a spirit of striving.
2023-07-31
The Ministry of State Security officially launched a WeChat official account, frequently publishing counter-espionage warnings and propaganda content, and beginning to actively build a public presence.
2023
China began setting up multilingual studios in 2023, cultivating various types of influencers around the world and reaching 100 million people, speaking up for China’s position at critical moments or helping to repost statements.
2022-02-04
Zhang Yimou once again served as chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics, using technological means such as LED floor screens and digital algorithms to present an ethereal and romantic Olympic opening ceremony.
2021-06-26
CCTV broadcast a large-scale symphony, vocal, and poetry performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), featuring Andy Lau and Na Ying singing "Pearl of the Orient".
2021
The immersive red performance project "Zuiyi Shaoshanchong", with Zhang Yimou as chief director, premiered in Shaoshan, Hunan, applying modern lighting matrix technology to the red culture promotion of Mao Zedong's life.
2019-10-01
Zhang Yimou served as chief director of the gala celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, directing thousands of amateur performers to present a scene of a prosperous era through light-and-shadow screens and fireworks.
2017
From 2017 onward, the finale slot of the CCTV Children's Day Gala was taken over by politically charged songs such as "We Are the Successors of Communism" in place of "Songs and Smiles."
2016-09-04
Zhang Yimou directed the water-based scenic symphonic concert "Hangzhou, a Memory Forever" at the Hangzhou G20 Summit, presenting a gentle and open image of China to the world through Jiangnan landscapes and classical symphonic music.
2016-02-19
Xi Jinping inspected three major state media outlets and put forward the assertion that "media sponsored by the Party and government must adhere to the Party."
2016
In 2016, Xi Jinping made clear at the symposium on the Party's news and public opinion work that media sponsored by the Party and the government must bear the Party's name, that media work must embody the Party's will and reflect the Party's positions, and he emphasized giving priority to positive publicity.
1996-03-31
On the night of March 31, 1996, Phoenix Television officially launched in Hung Hom, Hong Kong, unveiling its golden station logo. Its early shareholders included Today's Asia controlled by Liu Changle, Satellite Television under Rupert Murdoch, and Huaying International representing CCTV. Before the launch, Liu Changle reported the station's stance to Beijing, establishing Phoenix's special political affiliation and licensing mechanism.
1967
During the Cultural Revolution in 1967, with Mao Zedong's approval, Red Guards posted two slogans on both sides of Xinhua Gate at Zhongnanhai — “Long live the great Chinese Communist Party” and “Long live the invincible Mao Zedong Thought” — and they remain in place as of 2025.
1949
The program claimed that after the Chinese Communist Party took power, in order to coordinate propaganda and win over celebrities in the arts and literary circles, it invited the quyi performer Luo Yusheng, who was then performing in Nanjing, to return to Tianjin; no public reports were found to verify this claim.
1921-07-23
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was founded in 1921. The program interprets its party history as a continuous historical mission to realize communism, noting that the CCP later described itself as the most advanced vanguard of the proletariat, asserting that the party cannot make mistakes. Jin Yinan's book "Suffering and Glory" is also used to illustrate the CCP's sense of historical mission and its narrative of invincibility from its founding to the present.