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China: Show Swords in Ideology Battle

Categories: East Asia, China, Citizen Media, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Language, Politics

The Chinese President Xi Jinping recently launched the party's ideology battle to take over opinion leadership in a meeting of propaganda officials. In the past few days, state-controlled media outlets echoed with Xi's call by using the phrase “showing one’s sword” in their editorials. David Bandurski from China Media project explained the political implications [1] of “sword fight” and translated the editorials.