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Does anyone know a good source (news site, podcast, blogger) for info on china? Politics, economics, housing, etc.? Preferably something from a more asian centr

• bobthepanda 3y ago
  People's Daily for the Party's view and SCMP for a slightly less biased view. There isn't really such a thing as free press covering China well, particularly in Asia. The closest thing was the Hong Kong press, but that got muzzled a few years back. RSF currently rates only Taiwan and South Korea as countries with free press in Asia, and those are not going to have the most unbiased view about China. https://rsf.org/en/region/asia-pacific https://rsf.org/en/region/asia-pacific (RSF lumps Oceania in their Asia rankings, I wouldn't call Samoa or Australia Asian countries)
  • testrun 3y ago
    Japan press should be fine too.
    • bobthepanda 3y ago
      The press in Japan is noted for a fair amount of self-censorship in regards to covering government and business. https://www.dw.com/en/why-japan-ranks-poorly-in-press-freedom/a-65549778 https://www.dw.com/en/why-japan-ranks-poorly-in-press-freedo...
• carom 3y ago
  There is usually a bloomberg reporter on Twitter giving weekly summaries like these [1]. It used to be someone else but it looks like it is this account now. 1. https://x.com/rchoongwilkins/status/1750810417260351500?s=46 https://x.com/rchoongwilkins/status/1750810417260351500?s=46
• Leary 3y ago
  SCMP
• emptysongglass 3y ago
  Somehow your only suggestions from HN have been the official propaganda paper of the CPC and a newspaper owned by Alibaba. The news source you're looking for is Bill Bishop's Sinocism. It's a paid Substack. I haven't found any other news source that really gets into the nitty gritty of China happenings.