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Communist China used organizations such as the China News

but they are always important to follow as indicators of the

and substantive elements in China’s diplomacy ( 外交 ).

the themes of its external propaganda have

but under Xi it has become a top priority of China’s party-state.

and raise the country’s soft power and the

we should improve our international communication

where he again stressed the importance of external propaganda

which was launched in 2007 by former Party general

President Xi Jinping has overseen the intensification of this

a concerted campaign to control overseas Chinese-language media

has come with a rapid expansion of China’s English-language

which it accuses of distorting news about China and

China’s rise as a major player in the media landscape

which set up shop in the Empire State Building. 2

but they try to write and say in public exactly what they would in private.

“I am tactful but keep to my original point of view. I don’t

he would indeed orally introduce the official as the “ambassador.” Or

they do not take on projects concerning Taiwan or

they are very careful about discussing China’s restive