People's Daily
People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, published in Beijing since 1948. As the party's flagship organ it sets the tone for official policy communication across China, and its online edition, people.com.cn, ranks among the country's most-visited news sites, publishing in Chinese with several foreign-language editions.
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Is People's Daily left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists People's Daily as Center within China's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side. In China, Global Times and CGTN are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open People's Daily beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read People's Daily beside another title from China and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two China dailies covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are People's Daily's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because People's Daily is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning China title either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.
This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.
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