CHINA-INTERNAL: LI GUANGMAN PERSISTS WITH HIS ASSESSMENT THAT CHINA IS IN THE MIDST OF "PROFOUND TRANSFORMATION"

In a post to his WeChat public account on October 9, Li Guangman, who came to prominence for his article declaring China to be in the midst of a “profound revolution” and which was reproduced by China's prominent official newspapers, reiterated that a “profound transformation” is underway in China, with deep implications for politics, business, culture and the media. He first quoted the notice issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of new draft rules unambiguously prohibiting the involvement of all “non-public capital” (非公有资本) – meaning private capital of any kind, domestic or foreign – in news gathering, production and dissemination. While restrictions on news content and its production are of course not news in China, these new rules are so salient and broad in their prohibitions that they seem to remove all strategic ambiguity. The second media case he cited was the detention on October 7 in Hainan of well-known entrepreneur and former professional journalist Luo Changping, who was charged with insulting and defaming the martyrs of Chinese history by criticizing a new film about China’s involvement in the Korean War. Luo’s detention, widely reported by state-run media, underscores the resolve of  the Chinese Communist Party leadership in policing the bounds of the CCP’s official narratives, the stories and mythologies that undergird its power and legitimacy.





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