December 13, 2025 – China Headlines

Story gist: Shen Xiaoming presided over a Hainan Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee meeting to convey and study the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Xinhua Chongqing frame the story as routine official proceedings, highlighting local party secretaries hosting expanded meetings to implement directives. Center outlets like Sina provide interpretive analysis, focusing on policy emphases like rectifying ‘involution-style’ competition and future steps. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting any critical or alternative views on provincial adherence.

Story gist: Two snowfalls in Beijing ended this morning. Flights arriving and departing from Beijing airports operated normally.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Xinhua highlights Beijing’s first winter snow and multi-department active response, emphasizing government preparedness with positive tone. Center outlet China Civil Aviation reports factually on snow ending and normal flight operations, neutral without emphasis. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting potential disruption focus or criticism of response.

Story gist: On December 13, China’s National Memorial Day, multiple locations conducted thematic education activities to mourn martyrs from the Nanjing Massacre and pay tribute to peace.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Southern Net frame the story positively, emphasizing patriotic education activities mourning martyrs and promoting peace. Center-leaning sources like thepaper.cn focus on historical facts, highlighting the 1937 Japanese army’s Nanjing Massacre. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting any conservative perspective on remembrance or implications.

Story gist: China’s national grain output this year remained stable above 1.4 trillion jin.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlet Xinhua frames the story positively with exclamatory tone, emphasizing ‘increased production and abundant harvest’ and ‘authoritative data.’ Center- and right-leaning outlets have no coverage, omitting neutral factual summaries or skeptical views on grain stability, agricultural policies, or economic implications.