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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

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The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in China’s news is AI everywhere (18.4%, 3.0× the world). The news sounds darker than usual.

China’s zeitgeist, by theme

Each theme’s share of its news this week · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

China · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while Shanghai is the most populous city by urban area. Its geography features the Central Plain, major rivers such as the Yangtze and Yellow River, deserts, subtropical and temperate forests, plateaus, and mountain ranges such as the Himalayas. It is the world's second-most populous country after India, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion (17% of the world's population).

From Wikipedia: China · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pictures

  • Section from the Song-era landscape painting, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, early 1100s
    Section from the Song-era landscape painting, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, early 1100sUser Zhuwq on zh.wikipedia · Public domain
  • Workers at a steel foundry in Shanghai, 1978
    Workers at a steel foundry in Shanghai, 1978LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A Fuxing high-speed train running in Beijing
    A Fuxing high-speed train running in BeijingN509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A pharmacy in Guangxi, selling both Western and traditional Chinese medicine
    A pharmacy in Guangxi, selling both Western and traditional Chinese medicineFélix An · CC BY 4.0
  • A man at a Chinese Muslim restaurant in Xi'an preparing food in woks
    A man at a Chinese Muslim restaurant in Xi'an preparing food in woksshankar s. · CC BY 2.0
  • Traditional clothing in a Song dynasty painting
    Traditional clothing in a Song dynasty paintingAnonymous Song Chinese artist after the original by Gu Hongzhong · Public domain

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

China · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Alice Huang

    112.2× last week

    4,152 stories

  2. The White House, Public domain

    Jensen Huang

    68.5× last week

    3,836 stories

  3. Donald Trump

    3,319 stories

  4. Kimberly Powell

    New

    987 stories

  5. Vladimir Putin

    915 stories

  6. Colette Kress

    New

    738 stories

  7. Elon Musk

    2.2× last week

    409 stories

  8. Harvey Jones

    New

    340 stories

  9. Guo Jiakun

    7.8× last week

    303 stories

  10. Lori Huang

    New

    240 stories

Organizations

  1. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    12.1× last week

    2,185 stories

  2. European Union

    510 stories

  3. Commerce Department

    14.9× last week

    461 stories

  4. United Nations

    367 stories

  5. Federal Reserve

    2.4× last week

    289 stories

  6. Justice Department

    3.3× last week

    274 stories

  7. Supreme Court

    213 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

China · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

Going around online in China

What China’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week

Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article

China

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