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211. WANG XIAOLU (released)

Wang XiaoluSex                              Male

Birth date               198X

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Resident place       Beijing

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China Has Record Number of Journalists Behind Bars: Report

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A man reads a magazine beside a newsstand in Beijing in a file photo. AFP

China jailed or detained a record number of journalists in 2015, more than any other country, and now holds a quarter of all journalists behind bars globally, a U.S.-based press freedom group said in a report. Continue reading

Caijing Journalist’s Shaming Signals China’s Growing Control Over News Media

By AMIE TSANG SEPT. 6, 2015

07caijing-master180-v3A screen grab of CCTV footage of Wang Xiaolu, a journalist with the Caijing business magazine. He was compelled to confess that he had written a “sensational” and “irresponsible” article on the stock market. Credit Cctv/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
HONG KONG — When the Chinese Ministry of Public Security arrested nearly 200 people at the end of August for “spreading rumors,” one of the most prominent targets was Wang Xiaolu, a reporter for the respected business magazine Caijing.

Mr. Wang was compelled to confess on television before going to trial. Dressed in a green polo shirt and looking downcast, he told viewers of China Central Television, the main state network, Continue reading