December 22, 2025 – China Headlines

Story gist: Shaanxi Provincial Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow warning for road icing, Level III (severe).

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted coverage entirely, leaving those perspectives absent. Center outlets reported neutrally by directly quoting the official meteorological bulletin with no added tone, emphasis, or omissions beyond the raw warning details. Lack of left/right coverage prevents comparison of partisan framing on this routine weather event.

Story gist: Hainan flight bookings rose significantly for the New Year’s Day holiday. 2025 became the highest-grossing year for animated films in Chinese film history. A Hainan Free Trade Port enclosure operation promotion was held in Milan.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like People’s Daily International emphasize Hainan Free Trade Port’s global promotion in Milan, with promotional tone highlighting international appeal. Center outlets like National Business Daily report neutrally on domestic consumer trends, focusing on flight booking surges and animation box office records without hype. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting potential skeptical views on economic data or state-led initiatives.

Story gist: People’s Daily reports on persisting with the nationwide ‘one chessboard’ strategy. National Development and Reform Commission states continued deep advancement of regional coordinated development.

Bias summary: Left-leaning People’s Daily frames the policy with unifying slogan ‘坚持全国“一盘棋”’, emphasizing national solidarity. Center outlet Caijing focuses on technocratic NDRC announcements for ‘regional coordinated development’, highlighting implementation details. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting potential critiques of centralization or regional disparities.

Story gist: People’s Daily published ‘Study Notes’ titled ‘Achieve Performance for the People, Achieve Performance through Practical Work.’ Sina Finance featured an article by Wang Yingying titled ‘Practical Work as Sail to Reach the Shore of Achievements.’

Bias summary: Left-leaning People’s Daily uses prescriptive, ideological tone in official ‘study notes’ emphasizing service to people and practical governance. Center Sina Finance employs motivational metaphor of sailing to achievements via hard work, with business-oriented emphasis. Right-leaning outlets absent, providing no critical, skeptical, or alternative perspectives on political performance.

Story gist: Xinhua News Agency published an article titled ‘Xinhua Authoritative Quick View | Learn Together the Core Essentials of the Four Global Initiatives.’

Bias summary: Left-leaning Xinhua frames the publication as an authoritative, collective learning opportunity on China’s four global initiatives, using promotional language like ‘together learn’ to emphasize unity and importance. No center- or right-leaning outlets covered the story, omitting neutral explanations, skeptical assessments of the initiatives’ global impact, or critiques of their geopolitical aims.