Chinese Journalists Beat Censorship With Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @06:20AM from the end-run-around-the-man dept.

chris-chittleborough writes "When Beijing tried to make a journalist's pay at one newspaper depend on official reactions to their stories, a web-savvy reporter was able to create a groundswell of public opinion and reverse the move." From the article: "Just before the meeting, Li had posted a blistering letter on the newspaper's computer system attacking the Communist Party's propaganda czars and a plan by the editor in chief to dock reporters' pay if their stories upset party officials. No one told the editor in chief. For 90 minutes, he ran the meeting, oblivious to the political storm that was brewing. Then Li announced what he had done."

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China bashing month by Oldsmobile · 2006-02-21 06:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What is this, China bashing month?

I'm sure there are alot of other wrongs to right out there, how about posting about those too?

I'm critical of China, but this is getting out of hand.

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