China Media Role

on Reporting Korea
Top Editor, China News Xinhua News Agency Manila, Oct. 14, 2011

Zheng Yu

Why is China Perceived as One Key to Know Korea

History: Close contact with China since the Han Dynasty (2nd Century BC), great influence of Tang
Georgraphy: Korean Peninsula & Northeast China Culture: Confucianism (order, harmony, filial piety) Ideology: Communist camp in the Cold War Korean War (1950-1953): Armistice July 27, 1953

Limited Sources of Information from N. Korea

Korean Central News Agency (DPRK), Dec. 5, 1946
Function of KCNA: "In order to become a powerful ideological weapon of our Party, the Korean Central News Agency must provide a news service in accordance with the idea and intention of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, establish Juche firmly in its work and fully embody the Party spirit, the working-class spirit and the spirit of serving the people." (Described in an official talk on
June 12, 1964)

What Is the Sole Source Like

KCNA Coverage: Top 10 on Oct. 13, 2011
Anti-U.S. Rally Held in Afghanistan Business Management Gets Serious in Capitalist Countries Severe Punishment of GIs Demanded in S. Korea Bus Trade Unionists in S. Korea Launch Strike Natural Disasters in Different Countries Pakistani Religious Leader Accuses U.S. Belarusian President Rejects West's Unreasonable Demand Random Use of Foreign Languages in South Korea Deplored West's Hope for Resumption of Six-party Talks Is Hypocritical West Interrupts Russia-DPRK Friendship: Internet News ...... (available at http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm on Oct. 13)

How Do China Media Report on N. Korea

Xinhua coverage on Korean War Military actions -- "Who Are the Most Beloved?" (By Wei Wei) Atrocities made by Western alliances Commentaries: mobilizing people (insecurity, geopolitical interest, Cold War ideology)

How Do China Media Report on N. Korea

Xinhua coverage on modern N. Korea Almost no more than the rest of the world know about N. Korea -- Hermid Kingdom, Juche ideology, isolationism, antagonism Little access to ordinary N. Koreans Relay of KCNA news and information: island shelling, WPK congress

How Do China Media Report on N. Korea

Kim Jong Il visits to China Six-party talks (since Aug. 27, 2003) Denuclearization, normalization, economic aid, security status Social and economic development in places bordering N. Korea -- usually attrative to Western eyes

Modernization of China Media: Xinhua Case

Est. Nov. 7, 1931 Multimedia group: wire, photo, video, websites, financial services, screen media, mobile services, newspapers, televisions, listed companies Global reach: 150 countries & regions CNC World: a global satellite TV -TimeWarner 14.6 m, BSkyB 40% British households, France, Bulgaria, Thailand, the Philippines, Mongolia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania

China Media on Global Humanitarian Activities

ICRC Case in China Strategic Cooperation: country activities, leading figures exposure Media education: humanitarian awareness, media social responsibility, knowledge & skills Field trips and media highlights

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