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Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’
ANALYSIS: By Bates Gill of Macquarie University
As China solidifies its new status as superpower and cementing its influence in the Pacific, The Conversation...
NZ reports 20 new covid community cases – lockdown slows virus spread
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New Zealand reported 20 new community cases of covid-19 today, according to the Ministry of Health.
Speaking at today's government briefing, Director-General of Health...
New USP research paper explores journalism culture in the region
By Pita Ligaiula in Suva
What are the views of Pacific journalists on professional ethical issues and what pressures affect their work? What is the...
Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the whirlwind
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges
The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would...
Critics call out ‘disappearance’ of Pacific media archive
"The PMC Project" . . . a 2016 short documentary about the centre by then student journalist and Pacific Media Watch editor Alistar Kata.
Pacific...
Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
In a fawning softball 60 Minutes interview released on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of winning “the propaganda war” on...
‘This isn’t the time to be silent,’ say writers defending Rappler
By Jee Y. Geronimo in Manila
After the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) decision to revoke Rappler's licence to operate in a blow to press...
EJN awards grants for investigative ‘green’ reporting in Asia-Pacific
Pacific Media Watch
Six South Pacific journalists have been awarded grants by the Internews' Earth Journalism Network (EJN) to strengthen environmental reporting in the region,...
Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat
By RNZ Pacific
There are signs Fiji's deportation of the University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor was engineered to avoid his contract being given...
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French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation
Pacific Media Watch
President Édouard Fritch of French Polynesia says he wants to boost funds to study journalism in French Polynesia in a bid to...
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Rabi landslide? Not a big problem, horseback and walking the answer
By Hele Ikimotu on Rabi, Fiji
The rebuilding of a road on Fiji’s northern Rabi Island is currently in the works.
Fiji’s most recent natural disaster,...
Papuan activists discuss Freeport mine with US ambassador
Papuan activists have met with US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Blake in the provincial capital Jayapura to discuss human rights, politics and US-owned Freeport...
WestConnex M4 East violates Australian pollution standards – even before tunnel...
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