China

Story gist: President Xi Jinping delivered a New Year address. It elicited strong positive reactions among various social sectors, cadres, and masses in Sichuan province.

Bias summary: Left-leaning People’s Daily frames the address by highlighting ‘five years’ of spatiotemporal achievements in the speech. Center-leaning thepaper.cn uses metaphorical tone of ‘small home’ warmth and ‘big family’ prosperity. Right-leaning China Daily omits the Sichuan resonance, instead emphasizing the National CPPCC’s New Year tea party as a formal unity event.

Story gist: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates issued conflicting statements on Yemen positions. Their foreign ministers held a phone call. The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council stated its forces remain in deployed positions without withdrawal.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Xinhua frames the story as Saudi-UAE ‘each having their word’ followed by a foreign ministers’ call, emphasizing dialogue amid disagreement. Center Sina highlights the Southern Transitional Council’s denial of troop withdrawal and confirmation of forces in place, focusing on military facts. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting potential emphasis on alliance tensions or strategic split.

Story gist: Heavy snow struck Xi’an, China, at year-end. China Eastern Airlines Northwest Branch supported smooth passenger travel. Shaanxi Province’s Tongchuan City issued an orange blizzard warning.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting perspectives on airline response, government preparedness, or travel disruptions. Center outlet (Weather Net) neutrally emphasized official meteorological warning in Tongchuan City, focusing solely on weather facts without tone, airline efforts, or broader regional impacts.

Story gist: PLA Daily published an article stating stronger punishment of Taiwan independence stabilizes the Taiwan Strait. People’s Daily described the ‘Justice Mission—2025’ exercise as a stern warning to Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s military and foreign-backed independence efforts. Observer reported EU criticism of the exercise.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like People’s Daily portray the exercise positively as a ‘justice mission’ and necessary warning against Taiwan separatism, emphasizing stability. No center-leaning coverage, omitting neutral or international perspectives. Right-leaning Observer frames EU response negatively as predictable ‘jumping out’ interference, amplifying nationalist anti-foreign tone.