13. INTERNATIONAL HARD NEWS

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 China ‘censorship’ forces closure of Genghis Khan Museum Exhibit in France 

Story via: Newsweek

    Censorship is an ongoing controversy within the journalism and media field. Some people may think that censorship is not a relevant topic anymore, while stories like this one prove those people wrong. On Wednesday, it was reported that a history museum in Nantes, western France, would be delaying its Mongol Empire exhibit. The delay comes after Chinese authority demanded that certain words be left out of the display. Thea words include “Genghis Khan”, “Empire”, “Mongol”. Pressure from Beijing also requested to have control over the exhibit’s brochure and maps. 

      This incident does not come as a surprise to many as Beijing is increasing its pressure on Mongolians in the northern inner Mongolian province. The people in the province live in fear that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to suppress their local language and culture. The Chinese Bureau of Cultural Heritage, the organization that was responsible for pushing the museum to change their exhibit, oversees Chinese museums. They are also responsible for the protection of Chinese cultural relics. The museums show is now to be planned alongside the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, China.


This story is a clear example of how China’s censorship has exceeded its own citizens and own borders. Not only is suppression from the Chinese Communist Party affecting the people of its own country, but also people in surrounding nations. By taking media control of the countries around, China now can control what the citizens are learning and what other countries are teaching.

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