Newspaper «China Daily» in the China’s mass media system

Authors

  • Van Siaonan Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Egor F. Konev Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

China, English-language periodicals, newspaper «China Daily», «double-rail» management system, editorial efficiency, «centrifugal» information policy

Abstract

The article examines various aspects of the formation and development of the largest circulation English-language newspaper in China. Effective organisational and editorial activities «China Daily» have given her a special place in the national media system and has become an example for many newsrooms in the country. Largely thanks to «China Daily» at the beginning of the 21st century new features of journalism in China were formed, which include a high level of qualified analysis of the situation in the country and in the world, restraint in assessments, competence in judgments etc. It also revealed the similarities and differences between «China Daily» and the largest English-language newspapers in Japan, South Korea and North Korea.

Author Biographies

  • Van Siaonan, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of international journalism, faculty of journalism

  • Egor F. Konev, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (philology), docent; associate professor at the department of international journalism, faculty of journalism

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Published

2022-08-30

Issue

No. 2 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism

Section

Theory and Practice of Foreign Mass Media

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How to Cite

[1]
Siaonan, V. and Konev, E.F. 2022. Newspaper «China Daily» in the China’s mass media system. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Journalism. 2 (Aug. 2022), 58–64.