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The ghost of press freedom
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Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are basic human rights,
However, authoritarian regimes, authoritarian rulers and vested interests all regard press freedom as a "ghost" like a scourge.
Conduct "Holy Encirclement and Suppression".
"The Ghost of Press Freedom" focuses on the interaction between press freedom and the political and economic context. It takes the three Chinese societies of Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong as the objects of observation, with reference to each other and to the changes in the global context (especially the relationship with the United States).
In the United States, the crazy logic of capital has led to the concentration and monopoly of media property rights. Elite media reflect the consensus of "diversity within the establishment" and are generally aligned with the power structure and national interests, especially in international and diplomatic reports. However, the media does not take orders from the government and spares no effort in criticizing government malfeasance and business greed. Li Jinquan meticulously depicts the issue construction and long-term changes of American media on China policy and Hong Kong's return from multiple perspectives.
In China, since the reform and opening up, the party-state has cultivated and suppressed the market. The media has generated competitive pressure and deviated from the track of party control to a certain extent. But in the end, the party can take back the media space at any time. With the rise of the economy and the military, Xi Jinping insists internally that "Party media should be surnamed the Party", and is not allowed to make irresponsible comments on the central government, creating a cult of personality. The post-Deng era's "one step back, two steps forward" pattern has been put into ruin, and the strictness of news control has reached four levels. The highest peak in ten years. Externally, China no longer keeps a low profile and the media has become a cog in the struggle for hegemony and "big foreign propaganda", challenging the international order, but it has not brought respect to China. China's press freedom ranks firmly at the bottom of the world.
In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the intersection between politics and capital is increasingly uncertain. After the lifting of martial law in Taiwan, the structure of the state power was reorganized, and the integration of politics and economy was reshuffled. On the one hand, the media emerged from the shadow of white terror, and speech was free from taboos. On the other hand, it was subject to the control of conglomerates, with blue and green opposing positions, and the struggle for unification and independence. resulting in a weak public sphere. Hong Kong's press freedom has always been world-renowned. Despite all kinds of criticism, it has generally been able to maintain media credibility and pluralism and autonomy. Sadly, Beijing’s political violence and bullying are out of balance with normal market operations. Press freedom has been retreating steadily, like falling off a cliff, under the iron fist of the National Security Law.
Press freedom will always have many internal and external enemies, and will always face many internal and external challenges. It will never be a finished product in a static state. It may be lost and regained, or it may be gained and lost again. Therefore, it is a constant change, constant struggle, constant vigilance and fear, and constant The process of interacting with the political, economic, and social ecology and pursuing the ultimate good. The basic spirit of "The Ghost of Press Freedom" should be viewed in this way.
This pioneer work is divided into three parts. The first part reveals the enlightenment of social theory on media and democratic reform, the news control of "party-state market corporatism", and the dialectics between the global and national nature of Chinese media. The middle part analyzes the imagination of the "New Global Order", the discussion of the US elite media's China policy, and the awakening of the memory of the milestone "foreign past" (Tiananmen Incident and the fall of the Berlin Wall). The second part describes Taiwan's struggle for press freedom from martial law to the reorganization of the speech landscape after the lifting of martial law; Hong Kong's transition from British Hong Kong governance and the return of sovereignty to the promulgation of the National Security Law, the media has experienced structural evolution and the ups and downs of press freedom. Finally, it concludes with transcending Orientalist discourse.
However, authoritarian regimes, authoritarian rulers and vested interests all regard press freedom as a "ghost" like a scourge.
Conduct "Holy Encirclement and Suppression".
"The Ghost of Press Freedom" focuses on the interaction between press freedom and the political and economic context. It takes the three Chinese societies of Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong as the objects of observation, with reference to each other and to the changes in the global context (especially the relationship with the United States).
In the United States, the crazy logic of capital has led to the concentration and monopoly of media property rights. Elite media reflect the consensus of "diversity within the establishment" and are generally aligned with the power structure and national interests, especially in international and diplomatic reports. However, the media does not take orders from the government and spares no effort in criticizing government malfeasance and business greed. Li Jinquan meticulously depicts the issue construction and long-term changes of American media on China policy and Hong Kong's return from multiple perspectives.
In China, since the reform and opening up, the party-state has cultivated and suppressed the market. The media has generated competitive pressure and deviated from the track of party control to a certain extent. But in the end, the party can take back the media space at any time. With the rise of the economy and the military, Xi Jinping insists internally that "Party media should be surnamed the Party", and is not allowed to make irresponsible comments on the central government, creating a cult of personality. The post-Deng era's "one step back, two steps forward" pattern has been put into ruin, and the strictness of news control has reached four levels. The highest peak in ten years. Externally, China no longer keeps a low profile and the media has become a cog in the struggle for hegemony and "big foreign propaganda", challenging the international order, but it has not brought respect to China. China's press freedom ranks firmly at the bottom of the world.
In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the intersection between politics and capital is increasingly uncertain. After the lifting of martial law in Taiwan, the structure of the state power was reorganized, and the integration of politics and economy was reshuffled. On the one hand, the media emerged from the shadow of white terror, and speech was free from taboos. On the other hand, it was subject to the control of conglomerates, with blue and green opposing positions, and the struggle for unification and independence. resulting in a weak public sphere. Hong Kong's press freedom has always been world-renowned. Despite all kinds of criticism, it has generally been able to maintain media credibility and pluralism and autonomy. Sadly, Beijing’s political violence and bullying are out of balance with normal market operations. Press freedom has been retreating steadily, like falling off a cliff, under the iron fist of the National Security Law.
Press freedom will always have many internal and external enemies, and will always face many internal and external challenges. It will never be a finished product in a static state. It may be lost and regained, or it may be gained and lost again. Therefore, it is a constant change, constant struggle, constant vigilance and fear, and constant The process of interacting with the political, economic, and social ecology and pursuing the ultimate good. The basic spirit of "The Ghost of Press Freedom" should be viewed in this way.
This pioneer work is divided into three parts. The first part reveals the enlightenment of social theory on media and democratic reform, the news control of "party-state market corporatism", and the dialectics between the global and national nature of Chinese media. The middle part analyzes the imagination of the "New Global Order", the discussion of the US elite media's China policy, and the awakening of the memory of the milestone "foreign past" (Tiananmen Incident and the fall of the Berlin Wall). The second part describes Taiwan's struggle for press freedom from martial law to the reorganization of the speech landscape after the lifting of martial law; Hong Kong's transition from British Hong Kong governance and the return of sovereignty to the promulgation of the National Security Law, the media has experienced structural evolution and the ups and downs of press freedom. Finally, it concludes with transcending Orientalist discourse.
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