Chinese State Media Downplays Coverage of Trump-Kim Summit

Chinese State Media Downplays Coverage of Trump-Kim Summit
A newsstand vendor in Beijing on December 6, 2016. The newspaper in the foreground is the state-run Global Times. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
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The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore this week was a historic meeting between the two nations’ leaders. The news dominated headlines around the world, with media running coverage of the summit on their front pages.

Except in China, where the news was just a blip in the state media coverage.

The Chinese regime’s mouthpiece newspaper, People’s Daily, chose not to run the story on the front page.

In its June 12 edition, the newspaper instead ran stories about domestic affairs, such as a story about Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s remarks at a recently held summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Annie Wu
Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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