Simple Syndication in Communist China. While researching the skateboard jump over the Great Wall of China, I found RSS in an unusual place: The English language edition of People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, offers 18 RSS 2.0 newsfeeds.
In addition to feeds on current events in news, business, sports, and other areas, the paper devotes feeds to party leaders such as Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.
Outside observers of China often look to People's Daily for clues about the inner workings of the government, as described in Wikipedia:
Newspaper articles in the People's Daily are often not read for content, so much as placement. A large number of articles devoted to a political figure or idea is often taken as a sign that that official is rising.
In addition, editorials in the People's Daily are also still regarded as fairly authoritative statements of government policy.
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