What China’s Media Coverage of Huawei CFO’s Arrest and the McCallum Incident Tells Us

A lot can be read between the lines in how China’s state-controlled media report on topics that are deemed sensitive.

Chinese media are regularly directed by the Chinese communist regime on how to report on sensitive topics, including the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou (R) and former Canadian ambassador to China John McCallum (L). The Canadian Press; Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images

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In a totalitarian regime such as that in communist China, a lot can be read between the lines in how state-controlled media report on topics that are deemed sensitive.

The Epoch Times analyzed reports by media in mainland China on John McCallum, Canada’s former ambassador to China, who was forced to resign after speaking in favour of arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou not being extradited to the United States.