Xinhua: July 2007 Archives

I pass this job vacancy along from an excellent blog by Chris O'Neil. Chris writes regularly about his experiences inside the bowels of China's news authority, the Xinhua news service, which all other state-run media must subscribe to. His blog is a must-read for those interested in how news stories are covered in China.

In one of his recent posts, he discusses the benefits of working as an editor at Xinhua:

1) After two weeks, you will notice a newfound ability to reel off a series of impressive statistics on an eclectic range of subjects such as the number of visitors to Tibet in the first quarter, domestic car sales and foreign direct investment. Seriously though, knowledge of China grows quickly.

2) Rejecting (or asking for improvement in) stories that writers have spent a couple of days working on develops your diplomacy skills.

3) (If I can be sentimental for a second …) Opportunity to work with some great people (I don’t mean myself).

4) Chance to wave pay check in the faces of China Daily employees (while conveniently forgetting that China Daily is an infinitely more efficient operation).

Further information on the position can be found here.