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China's young reporters give up on journalism: 'You can't write what you want':
by Guardian Staff
China | The GuardianToday, 3:59 am
The ever greater constraints placed on news reporting by Xi Jinping mean many Chinese journalists see no point in pursuing a media career
When a 7.9-magnitude earthquake ripped through Sichuan province in May 2008, Lin Tianhong, a 29-year-old reporter at China Youth Daily, was one of the first to volunteer to head into the disaster zone.
“Everyone wanted to go,” he recalled. “Otherwise, why be a journalist?”
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by Guardian Staff
China | The GuardianToday, 3:59 am
The ever greater constraints placed on news reporting by Xi Jinping mean many Chinese journalists see no point in pursuing a media career
When a 7.9-magnitude earthquake ripped through Sichuan province in May 2008, Lin Tianhong, a 29-year-old reporter at China Youth Daily, was one of the first to volunteer to head into the disaster zone.
“Everyone wanted to go,” he recalled. “Otherwise, why be a journalist?”
Related: The Guardian view on the foreign press in China: expelling the messenger | Editorial
Related: Journalists beaten back from courtroom by Chinese police
Related: The 'little presidents' who deny press freedom by attacking journalists
Related: Hong Kong politicians call for Beijing to answer over bookseller's 'abduction'
Continue reading...
