China

Story gist: Communities in China held traditional Shehuo performances during Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival. Events occurred in locations including Hejing County and Yongdeng in Gansu.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Guangming Net frames with broad festive joy in general title. Center Sina Finance emphasizes local drums, gongs, and timely rehearsals in Hejing County for Lantern Festival. Right-leaning CCTV Net stresses intangible cultural heritage and enduring traditional customs in Gansu Yongdeng. All celebratory tones; right highlights preservation, center activity, left exuberance; no major omissions.

Story gist: Lushan City Third Primary School held an administrative meeting outlining new educational initiatives. Jiujiang Shuangfeng Primary School Education Group convened a teacher conference for the 2025-2026 school year lower semester.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like 大江网 use poetic, motivational framing with titles evoking unity, dreams, and innovation to celebrate school openings. Center outlets like NetEase deliver neutral, detailed summaries of principal speeches structured by aspects and points. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting any critical or alternative perspectives on educational administration.

Story gist: Pakistan claims 415 Afghan fighters have died in ongoing Pakistan-Afghanistan border conflict.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like People’s Daily emphasize Afghanistan’s call for peaceful resolution, promoting diplomatic tone. Center sources like Sina Finance provide no direct coverage, absent neutral factual reporting on casualties. Right-leaning Guancha attributes conflict to insoluble Pakistan-Afghanistan contradictions, accusing India of stirring trouble, with explanatory and accusatory emphasis.

Story gist: Russian Foreign Ministry called for immediate de-escalation in the Iran situation, considering legitimate interests of all Gulf states. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated that openly assassinating a country’s leader and inciting regime change are unacceptable and urged stopping military actions.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like 中华网 emphasize Wang Yi’s repeated ‘unacceptable’ phrasing and direct call to halt military action, using assertive tone. Center outlets like 财新 focus on specifics of assassination and regime change condemnation, more neutral quoting. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting potential supportive framing of actions against Iran.

Story gist: Ahead of China’s National Two Sessions, First Finance publishes a preview article on how the economic growth target will be set.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provide no coverage, omitting preview of China’s Two Sessions economic target. Center outlet 第一财经 uses neutral, analytical framing in headline ‘全国两会前瞻，经济增长目标如何设定,’ focusing on process without emphasis on policy implications or criticism. Absent left perspective might highlight equity effects; right could question target realism.