That explains why Sixth Tone is so liberal than most Chinese Media,how is the media function in China mostly state owned
China is actually a country within a country. The inner country is the CCP. The CCP is well organized, pragmatic, rational and effective at promoting competent people to the correct posts. The outer country is messy and crude. CCP has nearly monopolized all the brainpower in the country, which is a double edged sword.
The public media is primary for the masses -- the "outer country" -- so while it is quite objective, it completely sidesteps any controversial issues. Controversial issues are for closed door meetings among the "inner country". They are presented to the "outer country" after a decision is reached as a fait il complait.
Imagine a media outlet that has a really bland homepage and all the interesting content is behind a paywall. That's China except the paywall cannot be opened by money but only by party membership.
The blogosphere and forums (new media) are much more rambunctious. Vigorous debates happen online and a lot of social ills are made public through the internet. It is truly an avenue for public participation in matters concerning the citizenry -- truly democratic.
Yet the darkside is the massive explosion in freedom of expression and political participation allowed fifth column to spread like a tumor. They are supported by CIA money as well as by a moral vacuum that was created by the turmoil of the 19th and 20th centuries together with breakneck economic development in the past 20 years.
The outer country is really not ready for prime time. Most people are just too dumb for democratic political participation and should just do their routine job. If there wasn't this external pressure from Soros and other Jews always looking for a weak spot to attack, China could relax and let the masses slowly become more sophisticated.
We don't have time for this, unfortunately. The elites -- people with brains -- need to take charge. Deploy the AI monitors, social credit scores and re-education camps. Crack down on fifth column. We'll have the opportunity to loosen up after we successful fend off the Jew and Anglosphere attack. It's a time of ideological martial law.