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The article discusses claims that news agency Bloomberg News is self-censoring articles about China in order to appease Chinese political leaders in 2013, and mentions editor Matthew Winkler, Bloomberg subscriptions in China, and reporters' access to China. China's Community Party leader Xi Jinping, reporters such as Shai Oster, and the political aspects of editorial policies are discussed, as well as media coverage of corruption in China.

The article discusses the U.S. Department of Justice's (D.O.J.) investigation into alleged bribery by employees of the China bureau of newspaper "The Wall Street Journal." Topics addressed include a broader investigation into the phone hacking activities of media company News Corporation (Corp.), and the effect of recent scandals on News Corporation's future business plans as of March 18, 2013.

The article reports that Kim Jong-un, young ruler of North Korea was notified as the sexiest man alive in the November 14, 2012 edition of People's Daily Group online. It states that the article featured 55-photograph of Mr. Kim showing his variety of poses. According to the article Mr. Kim's slideshow became sensational in online community despite the speculation of people that People's Daily was fooled by The Onion article.

BEIJING -- Zena Hao, a 24-year-old publicist, avid follower of fashion trends and proud owner of four Prada handbags, has a new passion: fashion magazines. She carries home hefty copies of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and studies the pictures for inspiration. ''Before university, I didn't read them that much because the photographs weren't that good,'' Ms. Hao said. ''But now in the last three to four years, they've gotten so much better.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

9:48 p.m. Updated The New York Times is introducing a Chinese-language Web site, part of a continuing effort to expand its reach to international readers. The site, which is called cn.nytimes.com and went live Thursday morning China time, is intended to draw readers from the country's growing middle class, what The Times in its news release called ''educated, affluent, global citizens.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Just two years after being named chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Jay H. Walderannounced on Thursday that he was resigning to take over the MTR Corporation, which runs Hong Kong's sleek subway and commuter rail systems. Mr. Walder's resignation, effective Oct. 21, surprised just about everyone with an interest in the financially troubled authority, which operates New York City's bus and subway systems, as well as the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road. And many were disappointed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SHANGHAI -- The Xinhua News Agency, China's dominant news service and the propaganda arm of the Communist Party, introduced a 24-hour English-language news channel and is preparing to open a prominent newsroom in Times Square, part of an expensive push to increase the reach and influence of the Chinese news media overseas. The president of Xinhua, Li Congjun, said Thursday at a press conference in Beijing that CNC World, the agency's new 24-hour news channel, was part of a government effort to ''present an international vision with a Chinese perspective.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]