On April 5, 2010, China Gate (http://www.wenxuecity.com/) reprinted a news article from NDDaily (http://www.nddaily.com/), a Chinese newspaper in China, on Zhang Dali’s historic photo exhibit called “Zhang Dali: A Second History,” which is in the Guangdong Museum of Art from March 27 to April 18, 2010: http://www.gdmoa.org/zhanlan/zhanlandangan/14/08/17604.jsp).

According to the article, Zhang’s photo exhibit presents over 130 sets of historic photos with multiple photos of the same scene. They are modified with erased figures and replaced backgrounds for political and artistic reasons. Zhang Dali said: “What we see or know is actually ‘the second history.’ The ‘first history’ was intentionally or unintentionally covered.”

Source: China Gate, April 5, 2010
http://news.wenxuecity.com/messages/201004/news-gb2312-1055733.html

“Asia media should strengthen communications and cooperation,” said Wang Cheng, Director of the State Council Information Office at the Asia News Network’s (ANN) 2010 annual meeting on April 9 in Beijing. ANN is a “network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities. It was organized to provide avenues for cooperation and to optimize coverage of major news events in the region.” The Editor-in-Chief of China’s official English newspaper China Daily is on its Executive Board. 

At a provincial government press working conference, Wang Guoqing, Deputy director of the State Council Information Office said, “Governments at all levels should fully understand the importance of the press release system, strengthen planning, improve the quality and level of the press, and make government press releases the most timely and most authoritative source of information for media reports.” Establishing a mechanism for government press releases is a priority in 2010.

Source: Xinhua, April 4, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newmedia/2010-04/04/content_13299726.htm