China: Show Swords in Ideology Battle · Global Voices
Oiwan Lam

The Chinese President Xi Jinping recently launched the party's ideology battle to take over opinion leadership in a meeting of propaganda officials. In the past few days, state-controlled media outlets echoed with Xi's call by using the phrase “showing one’s sword” in their editorials. David Bandurski from China Media project explained the political implications of “sword fight” and translated the editorials.