{"id":59851,"date":"2021-10-12T09:25:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59851"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:25:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T14:25:10","slug":"china-to-ban-private-investments-in-media-as-ccp-strengthens-grip-on-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59851","title":{"rendered":"China To Ban Private Investments In Media As CCP Strengthens Grip On Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__11o5_\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__2cUI6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/china-ban-private-investments-media-ccp-strengthens-grip-private-sector\">China To Ban Private Investments In Media As CCP Strengthens Grip On Narratives<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__38L44\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has begun laying the groundwork to ban private investments in media organizations, according to US-funded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/media-private-10112021130926.html\"><em>Radio Free Asia<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(RFA).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Under proposed rule changes posted to its official website on Oct. 8, the State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) said it was soliciting public opinion on adding private sector investment in media organizations to a list of banned investments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The list, which is intended to apply across China without local variation, requires that\u00a0<strong>&#8220;organizations with no public sector investment shall not engage in business involving newsgathering, editing or broadcasting.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0-RFA<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\" data-google-query-id=\"CPi1t9mIxfMCFYX8hwodxLEEMg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\">Organizations banned under the rule would include news agencies, newspaper groups, radio or television broadcasters, and providers of online news, editing services or publishers. According to the report, the recommendation was signed by China&#8217;s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, along with the General Administration of Press and Publications, and the Cyberspace Administration.<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The media crackdown is just the latest in a long list of entities that private investors wouldn&#8217;t be able to participate in under the proposed changes &#8211; which include\u00a0political, economic, military, or diplomatic organizations, and &#8220;major social, cultural, technological, health, education, sports and other services&#8221; per RFA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government is making sure that it controls its message &#8212; it won&#8217;t hand over the pen to anyone else,&#8221; said retired Shanxi University lecturer whose surname is Luo. &#8220;It wants a dominating voice to rule over everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The message is very clear: don&#8217;t mess with the media or try to do anything connected with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Beijing-based current affairs commentator Zhang Tianqi, the CCP has continued to tighten control over public speech and the media since general secretary Xi Jinping took power in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China To Ban Private Investments In Media As CCP Strengthens Grip On Narratives The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has begun laying the groundwork to ban private investments in media organizations, according to US-funded\u00a0Radio Free Asia\u00a0(RFA). 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