December 15, 2025 – China Headlines

Story gist: Australia ordered flags flown at half-mast nationwide to mourn victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed at least one Israeli died in the incident.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Xinhua focuses on national mourning through half-mast flags, emphasizing collective grief. Center Sina highlights diplomatic confirmation of an Israeli victim’s death, stressing international angle and specifics. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting conservative perspectives on the event, security, or implications.

Story gist: China’s Central Economic Work Conference drew international attention. Observers noted it injects certainty into the world economy.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Qiushi emphasizes international focus and the conference providing global economic certainty, using positive global reassurance tone. Center Sina features expert Guan Tao stressing balanced policy support and reform innovation for next year, with analytical forward-looking emphasis. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting any conservative perspective on China’s economic signals.

Story gist: A 2025 Tokyo testimony meeting addressed Japanese army actions during the Nanjing Massacre. Separately, 1.25 million people joined an online visit to Nanjing War of Resistance landmarks.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Xinhua emphasizes horror of Japanese atrocities with emotive headlines like ‘how terrible things the Japanese army did.’ Center Sina focuses on patriotic national mourning and mass participation in online landmark visits to ‘sharpen edge.’ Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting skeptical or Japan-sympathetic views.