China has issued an updated code of ethics for journalists that calls on reporters to uphold the authority of the Communist Party and be guided by the ideology of President Xi Jinping.
Prescribed media guidelines are not unusual in China, where reporters operate within a heavily-censored environment that is tightly controlled by Communist authorities. However, the explicit reference to Xi is likely to sound alarm among freedom of speech advocates. The code, which was published Sunday by the All-China Journalists Association, was last updated in 2009, three years before Xi came to power.
"Reporters must ensure they have the correct mindset when covering issues relating to domestic affairs, with the code requesting that they"persist in arming the mind with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era."In recent years the Chinese leader's broad political philosophy has become a key means of promoting the Communist Party and its place in modern Chinese society.
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