Shaping China’s Narratives: How Journalists Report on China in the World

Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

China is constantly in the global media limelight due to its growing presence and influence throughout the world. Journalists reporting on this rising superpower play a crucial role in explaining the complexities of its domestic developments and international activities to local publics. This is a formidable task, made even more difficult by the increasingly constrained environment in China forcing most critical journalists leave the country and work from outside its borders. This panel brings together reporters from different parts of the world to discuss how they see their role in shaping and challenging narratives on China and how they approach challenges that they face in conducting their work. Speakers: Ananth Krishnan China Correspondent, The Hindu Newspaper Hui (Lulu) Ning Senior International News Journalist, Initium Media Alexander Gabuev Senior Fellow and Chair, Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Moscow Center Moderator: Lucy Hornby Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Organizers: Nargis Kassenova Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies James Gethyn Evans Communications Officer, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, Harvard University This event was co-sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University.