Doom-and-gloom predictions concerning the U.S. economy and the uncertain future of the United States as a hegemonic power abound--and the Chinese media are always quick to spotlight them.
In the wake of the Tucson shooting, however, I have not yet come across any Chinese editorials taking the sort of propagandistic cheap-shots that marked coverage of, for example, the Columbine tragedy (the U.S. equivalent is noisome enough). So far, coverage seems limited to basic reportage culled from wire services. If there has been a change in the party line regarding issues of gun violence, it may be because such events are no longer unheard of in China.
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