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Dec 15, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Dec. 15, 2020

Page 1: If you thought that China is not going to market its success in poverty alleviation as part of external propaganda, then you were wrong. The lead story today is about Xi sending a letter of congratulations (English story) to the International Forum on Sharing Poverty Reduction Experience, which…

China

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Dec 14, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Dec. 14, 2020

Page 1: Let’s begin with a story about the Chengdu-Kunming Railway, which is being upgraded. It’s fascinating to me how the story blended Xi Jinping’s folksy appeal into the narrative. The story begins with Li Heng, a post-90s generation citizen, who along with 19 others had written a letter to…

China

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Tracking People’s Daily — Dec. 14, 2020
Tracking People’s Daily — Dec. 14, 2020

Dec 10, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Dec. 10, 2020

Page 1: A couple of stories to note. First, the phone call between Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron (Xinhua English version). In the English story, Xinhua reports that the two leaders reached an “important consensus.” Tricky to summarise this, so here’s the text: “Calling ‘independence, mutual understanding, foresight…

China

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Dec 9, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Dec. 9, 2020

Page 1: A couple of key pieces to note. First, a long piece about Xi Jinping’s personal leadership of China’s economic and social development through the period of the 13th FYP. Here’s a sample: “Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, in the face of the complicated international situation and the arduous…

China

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Dec 8, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Dec. 8, 2020

Page 1: A couple of key stories to note on the page. First, let’s look at trade data. I am going to highlight the data from Xinhua English and People’s Daily. China’s “foreign trade expanded 7.8 percent year on year last month, with exports jumping 14.9 percent year on year…

China

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Dec 7, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Dec. 7, 2020

Pages 1 & 2: A couple of reports to note on both pages. On the first page, there was a piece about the regional development strategy. If you’ve not been following, there’s been a focus in China to carry out coordinated development of large clusters. This piece talks about the…

China

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Oct 15, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 15, 2020

Page 1: The big story on the front page is about the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen SEZ, with Xi’s speech being the highlight. Along with the speech, do note that Xi and other leaders honoured Deng Xiaoping, laying flowers at his statue. In PD, there’s a picture of Xi…

China

6 min read

Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 15, 2020
Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 15, 2020

Oct 13, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 13, 2020

Page 1: A fair amount to note on the front page today. First, there’s a new set of regulations for the work of the Central Committee. This is significant, in that these rules will govern Central Committee functioning and bestow certain powers on the General Secretary. I’ll highlight a couple…

China

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Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 13, 2020
Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 13, 2020

Oct 12, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 12, 2020

Page 1: Two pieces based on Xi’s speech at the Party School. I covered this in my weekly newsletter. The first is a report, which has different officials reacting to the speech. The next one is a commentary, which says: “We are in a promising new era. …

China

4 min read

Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 12, 2020
Tracking People’s Daily — Oct. 12, 2020

Oct 8, 2020

Tracking People’s Daily — October 8, 2020

We’re still in holiday mode, so the paper’s a smaller edition. On the front page, there’s this story about consumption having become the driving force for the Chinese economy. It says that “last year, the contribution rate of consumption to economic growth was 57.8%…Last year, the Engel’s coefficient of Chinese…

China

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