Slow Growth work environment - Sub-Editor China Daily Employee Review

HR is fantastic, work is stimulating and it's super interesting working for a State media company and the challenges it brings, navigating internal politics and international politics. Opportunities to travel and see parts of China you wouldn't get access to as a tourist.

Can rise gradually and build trust and influence, which can bring you a lot of satisfaction, but no actually career progression is possible due to management structure. No work from home option unless under special circumstances.

Some of the good points of working for China Daily is the exposure to media in China. One will definitely understand "how it works" in terms of how things get done. For young journalists wanting to start in China, it is a good first step in the right direction, as the paper does carry some weight. Depending on how much one pushes for their articles to be published the workload can be as much as you make it. There are also growing opportunities to be involved with their other platforms.

As this is a Chinese SOE, there is the inevitable Chinese management style. Some are OK with this. Others can find it to be quite frustrating. There can often be tensions between leaders and foreign staff over various issues. The tasks that foreign copy editors and writers are asked to do can also be dull and mundane and there are little to no opportunities for professional development for foreign staff.