China Media Reliability

Cluster centers on debates about the credibility of news from Chinese media versus Western sources, with skepticism toward state propaganda, calls for Chinese press links, and accusations of bias in Hacker News coverage of China.

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Sample Comments

justbaker Dec 25, 2021 View on HN

> You should be sceptical of all the news about China that comes from China.Fixed it for you.

b6 Jun 28, 2018 View on HN

I lived in China for three years. I speak Mandarin. The article you linked is a report in western media. Can you find the same story in Chinese media?

dustintrex Sep 25, 2021 View on HN

Check out the vitriol in Chinese state media like Global Times: https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1197187.shtml

siegfried-en Aug 18, 2022 View on HN

Has Chinese propaganda made it to hacker news?

allan_s Apr 28, 2015 View on HN

does somebody has a link to some Chinese press news about that ?

ArtTimeInvestor Feb 25, 2025 View on HN

news about what happens in China doesn't leave China Then how do you know?

billfruit Apr 17, 2020 View on HN

This is wrong. Credible agencies like AFP and Reuters operate in China.

M95D Apr 7, 2023 View on HN

There's journalism in China? :-O /s

usr1106 Apr 14, 2020 View on HN

Interesting read. But always remember, China is a country that does not let their people know the truth what happens in the world (the great firewall). So I'm not all convinced that they let the world know the truth what happens in China. The article could be an honest personal report or it could be government-backed propaganda. How do we know?

president Sep 4, 2019 View on HN

Anyone able to share how this is being framed in the Chinese media?