December 10, 2025 – China Headlines

Story gist: Liu Jingbei called for accelerating deep-level reforms and high-level opening up. People’s Daily framed this in context of China’s five-year plan.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like People’s Daily positively frame Liu’s statement as illustrating ‘China’s governance’ success via the five-year plan, emphasizing stability. Center outlets like ecnu.edu.cn report neutrally with the direct title, focusing on the remarks without interpretation. Right-leaning coverage absent, leaving out potential critiques of Chinese reforms or economic policies.

Story gist: Urumqi City Meteorological Observatory in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region issued a yellow warning signal for dense fog.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted coverage of the Urumqi fog warning entirely, leaving those perspectives absent. Center outlets directly reported the official signal issuance by the local meteorological observatory, using neutral, factual language from Central Meteorological Observatory with no tone variations, emphasis differences, or omissions due to uniform, minimal reporting.

Story gist: Conflict on the Thailand-Cambodia border entered its third day. Many Cambodian civilians fled their homes. The United States urged both countries to stop the new round of fighting.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlet (Xinhua) emphasizes conflict duration and Cambodian civilian displacement, highlighting humanitarian toll with terms like ‘大批’ (large numbers) fleeing. Center (VOA) neutrally focuses on US diplomatic urging for cessation. Right-leaning perspective absent, potentially omitting emphasis on Thai viewpoint, border disputes, or skepticism of US intervention.

Story gist: CCTV aired a Focus Interview program on China’s government policy measures. The segment addressed high-quality economic development.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlet (CCTV) frames with vivid, affirmative language like ‘precise policy punch’ and ‘steady rapid advance,’ emphasizing policy success. Center outlet (China Economic Net) highlights ‘solid long-term support’ for positive trends. Right-leaning coverage absent, omitting skeptical views on economic data, policy impacts, or international comparisons.