2015-07-17
Demonstrators call for press freedom in support of journalists from Southern Weekend newspaper in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, Jan. 8, 2013.
AFP
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has promoted a propaganda official whose reported rewriting of a New Year front page editorial in the cutting-edge magazine Southern Weekend prompted a strike and days of protests in early 2013.
Tuo Zhen, 59, who is believed to have rewritten Continue reading
Rise of Guangdong Propaganda Chief a Sign of Further Media Controls to Come已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Press Freedom, Southern Weekend
2015-06-25
Chai Huiqun during a reporting assignment in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of Chai Huiqun)
A journalist for a cutting-edge newspaper is waging a Continue reading
Southern Weekend Journalist Sues Chinese Doctors’ Association Over ‘Fake Report’ Claim已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Chai Huiqun, Journalist, Southern Weekend
